Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've tried to do it endless times since but the drink just goes everywhere . |
| 2 | As one would expect , a higher proportion of non-manual than manual workers buy their houses outright but the difference is small presumably because of the tax advantages involved in buying a house through loans of various types . |
| 3 | PANDA is gaining support slowly but surely . |
| 4 | By concentrating on that , they 've not only improved their service level remarkably but they 've also reduced their stock levels at a number of warehousing points and reduced their cost structure . ’ |
| 5 | The two old dears slowly but methodically sifted the rows of their debris , creaking and grunting with every movement as if it would be their last . |
| 6 | Harriet polished the fenders furiously but then she stopped . |
| 7 | We shall elaborate on this simple division below but suggest here that the wealth of literature on the former ( see , for instance , Burton et al. 1978 and Perry 1981 ) has yet to be matched by a similar volume of work on the latter . |
| 8 | Here is the terminus of the railway from Dingwall and Inverness , the pier where the large MacBrayne 's boats call and short cruises depart and , most important for the local economy , the ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island of Skye : a very popular voyage of five minutes only but often achieved after a wait of hours in a queue . |
| 9 | I 'm a bit better but I 've had to get out this morning to let June stay in ! |
| 10 | It was very good actually , the weather could have been a bit better but erm thanks very much for arranging it , it went very well . |
| 11 | I thought it would 've been a bit better but I did enjoy it , I did enjoy it . |
| 12 | Sadness comes from the incessant playing of the primeval recordings of the mind ; and these recordings are not noise alone but they are like films of horror . |
| 13 | Becky wanted to keep her hair long but experiment with different styles . |
| 14 | One called shock horror and the tabloids in action and one called power without responsibility because I think you could perhaps make in fact the , the taste that in terms of circulation the tabloids actually have the power to influence significantly to in int influence public attitudes so but how they exercise that power is without responsibility . |
| 15 | He told me he was n't planning to see Mum straightaway but that he 'd call round in a couple of days to comfort her . |
| 16 | Erm Eric in , in Manchester from where he comes is extremely well known obviously within the G M B but his record he 's one of the individuals in the trade union movement that I think are becoming somewhat of a rarity these days I know that many of us when we first started in the movement were very easily able , and , and very relaxed about combining trade union and political activities together but of course as time goes on and , you do tend to become more involved in the one and the other , because of course it 's all time-consuming but I can honestly say that in Eric 's case he 's never deviated one iota from his commitment both to the trade union , this union in particular , and to the Party never deviated at all . |
| 17 | Little wonder , really , she acknowledged ruefully — she 'd seen women in the building all but swoon at his feet every time he walked down the corridor . |
| 18 | He clenched his teeth together but the first syllable forced itself around the corner of his mouth . |
| 19 | Hence the Poplar guardians constantly but unsuccessfully pressed the government to introduce rate equalization . |
| 20 | That 's the one paper that is a bit er maybe a bit so but th I 'll have to check with the N R A because of course er , the river |
| 21 | A scientific revolution corresponds to the abandonment of one paradigm and the adoption of a new one , not by an individual scientist only but by the relevant scientific community as a whole . |
| 22 | Bentley 's group theory postulated that the study of politics was the study of the conflict between groups , although his work did not refer to organised interest groups only but to groups with shared views . |
| 23 | Mr Major keeps his elbows on the table , and claps his fingers together but not the base of his hands , which makes him look rather like a seal . |
| 24 | It would take a teacher a great deal of time to prepare such graphs manually but more importantly the software allows pupils to manipulate it to discover aspects of pond life for themselves . |
| 25 | We went two miles — not quite like Halloween perhaps but still not bad . |
| 26 | Her meanings all but drowned in the immensity of it all . |
| 27 | Pike based his appeal on the contention that he had fed the horse properly but it had n't absorbed it . |
| 28 | Instead Rory had found out only when Ken had had his first story published , and now it was as though they were passing each other travelling in opposite directions ; Ken slowly but surely building up a reputation as a children 's story-teller while his own supposed career as a professional recounter of traveller 's tales sank gradually in the west . |
| 29 | Less on on er less unless unless we split full pages and go into halves and that brings in the same sort of revenue thereabouts but just happens to spread |
| 30 | Must have a big warehouse somewhere but everything 's there that er now that 's been torn as well , you see . |