Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adj] but [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know it looks rather exaggerated but I wanted them back without a lot of questions . ’ |
| 2 | NEWSPAPER ARTICLES about the consequences of a shortage of oil ( or , as now , what happens when there is too much of the stuff ) appear almost daily but we hear too little about another vital industrial resource . |
| 3 | SCORPIOS may not like to appear outwardly ambitious but you set yourself specific goals and work relentlessly towards them regardless of the opposition . |
| 4 | A close friend , who said he was too frightened to reveal his name , has told the drinks trade newspaper , the Morning Advertiser : ‘ My life could be in danger if I say too much but I have my own idea what the murder is all about . |
| 5 | It was a very sound brick structure and had been built about 1868 but it had the notorious reputation of being called ‘ Lover 's Leap ’ , no doubt due to the fact that several suicide attempts had been made from its high parapet , most of them fatal . |
| 6 | He did he did n't do very much but I 'd already learnt the business by then . |
| 7 | I had noticed the name on the map ; it seemed very remote but I had seen a reference to an inn there . |
| 8 | Would n't mind so much but they kept taking the piss out I was wearing my socks . |
| 9 | This may sound somewhat grand but it has very down-to-earth aspects , such as indicating what is possible and realistic and what tasks are long and short term . |
| 10 | Er but what I become , I thought you might become more confrontational but you did n't so so you dug a hole for yourself that you could 've dug out of you sat in there but I think you handled that quite well , but there are people like me out there who think they know it all and will have a go at you . |
| 11 | According to the head teacher ‘ It may look very nice but we have a lot of difficult families and children . ’ |
| 12 | Does n't look very professional but I suppose it 's better than not telling them |
| 13 | These two cases look very different but they have many aspects in common . |
| 14 | This may all sound very trivial but it has the effect of making me almost hate my body to the extent that I feel ashamed to let John see me naked . |
| 15 | Local government has become more professionalized but it has also become more bureaucratic . |
| 16 | He 's been in constant contact with the Home Secretary as negotiations have become increasingly difficult but he welcomes the announcement of a Judicial Inquiry . |
| 17 | This sounds uncharacteristically bold but he knew when to take time off from his introversion . |
| 18 | It 's hard work and you get very tired but we enjoy it . |
| 19 | This to ordinary mortals seems quite inaccessible but it has been climbed , the first ascent being in 1967 . |
| 20 | Simon Wigg says that everybody was laughing at him because the bike looked so different but he had the last laugh … won the title and that 's what it 's all about … |
| 21 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |
| 22 | ‘ He went very quiet but I knew he was upset . |
| 23 | In another he found old shoes piled high on rusty tables and there was one room he thought very odd but it made him smile . |
| 24 | ‘ Where are you going , Rose ? ’ he asked in a tone that told her that he knew he had gone too far but she continued on her way . |
| 25 | He says they may have gone too far but it has to be remembered that they were being provoked by people who were trespassing . |
| 26 | Pearce look for Phillips on the right Lewis got there first but it dropped to Stone . |
| 27 | It was ridiculous to have let the tank get so low but they had had an argument only three days earlier on whose turn it was to call at the garage and pay for the petrol . |
| 28 | It sounded utterly preposterous but it led to a longer silence . |
| 29 | It seems we got a irregularity here — Mr Stein knows he goin' to be workin' here long-term but he apply for short-term only . ’ |
| 30 | Private motor business remains very competitive but it has been necessary to apply further selective premium increases . |