Example sentences of "but [adj] be [adv] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says he saw one job but that 's already gone and that was last week . |
| 2 | Things that had for centuries slept without stirring , but that were now stirring and waking and might , at any moment , come prowling through the forest … |
| 3 | You should experiment with the proportion of medium used but this is soon done and it is possible to use the medium to achieve delicate glaze effects . |
| 4 | This impression of relative prosperity would be even more the case in physicians ' private offices , but these are unevenly distributed and are largely absent from the poorest parts of the city . |
| 5 | The unions followed the national day of action with regional days but these were badly supported and attracted little attention . |
| 6 | The British Museum had natural-history collections , but these were poorly housed and were considered less important than the museum 's artistic holdings . |
| 7 | The apartments are slightly more uniform than in some more rustic properties but all are traditionally decorated and furnished . |