Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] but [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The American was pleasant enough but it soon emerged from the conversation that the two women had little , if anything , in common . |
| 2 | Children with previous experience not only did the shows at the Pavilion at 2 pm and 7 pm but they also appeared at the Ballroom in between , thoroughly enjoying the mad rush . |
| 3 | The water-based ones are quite easy to apply and dry quickly but they often look patchy afterwards unless you finish off with a water-based varnish instead of the usual oil-based polyurethane . |
| 4 | I would n't do it now because I , ever since that , that woman was on the train was stabbed and thrown out , I would n't go alone on holidays now but in those days , well maybe I was a lot , course I was younger then but you never heard of such things |
| 5 | United not so good away but you never know … |
| 6 | She had heard it all before but he always seemed to forget he had told her . |
| 7 | I found it a bit disturbing sometimes but I just had to accept it . |
| 8 | ‘ Having differently coloured eyes is rare enough but he also had the distinctive physique of a bodybuilder , ’ Rust said , cutting in across Kolchinsky 's words . |
| 9 | Anne had to leave for work for two o'clock but she proudly displayed her ring to her friends and they all sincerely wished her happiness . |
| 10 | Poor Norm 's passing was bad enough but she then found shocking goings-on at Dunraven , the Twilight Home for the Partially Confused in which her mother had been incarcerated — sorry — hospitalised . |
| 11 | For a start , right , erm all her clothes then right and I mean loads of them are ones they 're really horrible like but she just hangs them here , I thought well you ca n't wear them , you know , all horrible , you do n't wear them fold them , put them away |