Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adj] but [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw people who came in pretty straight but who changed their attitudes and opinions drastically . |
| 2 | It was not perhaps natural but it had served him well , Nicholas knew , from the beginning . |
| 3 | He had a bit of a chip on his shoulder because he felt that other people who were not so good but who had the right background and connections had gotten ahead of him . |
| 4 | I 'll say it is I 'll say it is but she says she has a trapped nerve in the top of her leg , she says sometimes it 's not so bad but she said it 's not bad , you know when I get up she says I 'm in a lot of pain and it , you have to take painkillers for it |
| 5 | Then of course the there were area combat missions , area missions but these had nothing to do er with the work training I think that and I did and in developing of our crews so that we were able to survive and of course er our mission that we thought that would probably be the same as was on the fourteenth when we went to Schweinfurt and we made it back and not only that but we got back to England , we 'd manage on about the third pass to get in to this one field and there was another plane trying to get in and they went up and bailed out and after we were eating our supper here they brought the men in the fields er where they , on the bombers ' field where they had landed the never got in so they went up and set the plane on automatic pilot and bailed out because they could n't land the plane but we managed to take them out and I think there was the extra good flying training and I did together that made us able to survive the savage attacks that we had , he had it on the Munster mission , I had it on the Schweinfurt mission . |
| 6 | Not only that but he suggested in his letter that it would be sensible to keep the donation quiet . |
| 7 | I remember after the show you spoke for twelve minutes without a note and not only that but you came round afterwards and spent eight or ten minutes with us , the artists , which absolutely made our evening . |
| 8 | The atmosphere was not exactly lively but I continued to have lunch there for a long time because she was extremely kind and the food was good . |
| 9 | He was not quite sixteen but he had long acted like a boy impatient of childhood . |
| 10 | Well what I tried last weekend , not quite crying but I did a sort of moody sort of thing , I di I was really quiet and I just ignored everyone and I was like really like you know did n't say a word . |
| 11 | They were not yet dry but she had no others apart from her best ones , so she pulled them on over the warm , dry woollen stockings into which she had changed upon coming in from the buildings . |
| 12 | In Geurrero State this waiting period was apparently not too long but it appeared that in other areas delays and crowded court lists inevitably meant some people spending a considerable time in custody . |
| 13 | This was right up the top and there were a tiny attic bedroom thing was made into a not very salubrious but it had a cooker and a sink . |
| 14 | Savery 's invention was not very successful but he obtained an extension of the patent until 11733 . |
| 15 | In February and March it was hard going out almost nightly but he liked it and Joan got to know the wives and children of the clergy . |
| 16 | ‘ Morrissey had a wonderful twist of phrase ’ , says Muir today , ‘ His writing was really witty — really very clever but I found his personality fascinating which is why I decided to publish . ’ |
| 17 | She has such a good head on her shoulders , ’ they had said , when what they really meant was that whilst Paula was a beauty , she was really very plain but they had to find something good to say about her . |
| 18 | ‘ Call Moinet ! ’ he ordered , walking completely into the room , ignoring Jenna 's blushes as she sat there in her nightie , which was n't particularly revealing but which felt like it at the moment . |
| 19 | The article was n't particularly poignant but it did , in places , slide too near to home and too close to the bone . |
| 20 | Perhaps a little too active but he did achieve his goal ! |
| 21 | It was an attempt at prohibition that was never wholly successful but it did set an example . |
| 22 | Lydia was n't actually desperately hungry but she managed to eat most of the pheasant , making vulgar noises of gastronomic appreciation . |