Example sentences of "[be] [adj] but [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The senses are oversensitive and burning pains are characteristic but there may also be stinging , stabbing , tearing , cutting pains with numbness , tingling and crawling . |
| 2 | The response from Medau teachers has been good but we can still take a few more . |
| 3 | Walsh added : ‘ I expect James 's ankle to be right but I 'll probably start him from the bench and let him make an explosive entrance . |
| 4 | It might not be complete but it 'll certainly give us some of them . |
| 5 | That may or may not be applicable but I 'll just bring it in and dump it on you . |
| 6 | It may be pricey but it will never date . |
| 7 | In there I have to be courteous but I 'll never forget that you and that bloody rogue of a servant were the last to see my clerk alive ! ’ |
| 8 | We have to be optimistic but we must also accept that the price of educational reform for all children will be vigilance , constant restating of priorities and a powerful advocacy for children with special needs . |
| 9 | I am thin but I can hardly move my bulk , I go round and round numbly under the ice of the North Pole . |
| 10 | We were disappointed but we could still watch through the windows as Mum gave her final instructions to Mrs Taylor and Mrs Buckley . |
| 11 | So his results were preliminary but it would only take a few weeks ' work , using the neutron spectrometer , to know for sure . |
| 12 | Clearly no product is flawless but I can honestly find nothing but praise for the 103/4 ; indeed I would say that it is one of the best , most naturally balanced loudspeakers that I have used , regardless of price . |
| 13 | At this stage the fill colour is yellow but it can easily be changed . |
| 14 | That 's a conditional gift divorce makes it that that gift is revoked but she may still survive therefore the condition would apply and therefore the subsequent er provisions that you 've made in a will do n't apply because they can only apply if the wife survives twenty eight days but that 's ignored ! |
| 15 | ‘ It 's frustrating but I 'll just have to be patient . ’ |
| 16 | He was asleep but he 'd just take him home . |
| 17 | Sir , to do summat to do like she was paralysed but she could still feel the pain ? |
| 18 | The thought of risk and high danger was exciting but it must also have been distorting . |
| 19 | The time was after eleven and he was tired but he could never sleep without reading for a few minutes at least . |
| 20 | His Mum and Dad would wonder why it was open but they 'd most likely think that they had forgotten to lock it . |
| 21 | So it was pragmatic but it could also fit into their ideology in that how , that if they 'd gone straight for socialism |
| 22 | Oh yeah it was nice but I 'd rather not have that in it . |
| 23 | Oh yeah it was nice but I 'd rather not have that in it . |