Example sentences of "[adj] but [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was slightly perturbed by this but eventually found it very funny because rehearsals became very convivial . |
| 2 | A subject who not only finds science exciting but also believes it can be applied to help people and produce wealth and employment could hardly be bettered in answer to the white coated caricature with which Ian Fells began . |
| 3 | Surely they will provide the final lesson that rock 'n' roll needs more thinking , more philosophising in a real sense before we can ever allow another four-square Smiths to appear , vastly entertaining but also clutching their own downfall . |
| 4 | He devised a set of heavy draft horse casting hobbles which are now outmoded but still bear his name . |
| 5 | The young boy was extremely embarrassed but soon swallowed his pride and climbed back into his canoe while we all fell about with laughter around him and it was then that I heard the bang . |
| 6 | They were both very demanding but always rejected something in such a way that it did n't upset you . |
| 7 | They may not bite as such but simply close their jaws around your hand for a few moments . |
| 8 | Her mother is fairly fit but still finding it difficult to come to terms with her husband 's death . |
| 9 | Motability has arranged special schemes with motor manufacturers , wheelchair manufacturers , insurance brokers , and other so that today a variety of schemes can be offered which not only help disabled people become mobile but also give them a chance to be truly independent . |
| 10 | We have never paddled at night and are a little apprehensive but soon learn what we have been missing . |
| 11 | In interview , she at first denied being dishonest but later admitted it . |
| 12 | Sally Ward was better able to comfort him than anyone else , yet it seemed to the family that she did little but simply hold his hand . |
| 13 | She not only got pregnant but also found it impossible to further her career in the Tory party . |
| 14 | Er that but never says anything positive . |
| 15 | I searched for that but never found it . ’ |
| 16 | Which not only guarantees you the widest choice possible but also allows you complex control over the design of your beautiful new custom-built bedroom . |
| 17 | Raducanu attended the official dinner that followed the international but then left his team-mates . |
| 18 | Well the figures show that assessments of the over provision are incorrect but even had they been correct if circumstances were an over provision comes about not because of an increase in our provision of services , but because of expansion in the private sector . |
| 19 | Some people prefer to think of blue or golden light ; others may not think of a colour at all but just feel they are centred within a sphere . |
| 20 | We wanted to get away from it all but now find we 're in daily contact with people all over the world ! ’ |
| 21 | Thus the adducts detected in this study may not be derived from bile at all but merely have their binding to DNA increased by bile . |
| 22 | The judge reckoned it was a bit savage but nevertheless awarded it second prize . |
| 23 | He made only 17 and 18 but so weakened himself that he was forced to pull out of the following three-day fixture in Vishakhapatnam . |
| 24 | Many natural oils contain valuable ingredients that not only keep us healthy but also improve our skin . |
| 25 | Ian Halcrow 's Macbeth looks great but never draws us close , and he and others swallow or truncate their lines as though they cared very little for them . |
| 26 | What the Russians thought of their rough but kindly guide it is impossible to say ; but he grinned , and exclaimed in amazement as he tried in vain , with a stumpy pencil to get a list of their names , and then sympathetically remarked , as he looked at their wan faces , ‘ There is no wonder at the chaps being ill ; even their names is all coughs and sneezes ’ . |
| 27 | The Tigers have had a political wing since 1976 but never registered it as a legal party . |
| 28 | His first feeling as he emerged from the short but deep sleep which came to him at the end of every restless night , was that he was bloody glad to be alive . |
| 29 | Often , he would say thank you , and take it , or look puzzled but always take it . |
| 30 | Now breathe in slowly as you did in Step 1 but gradually raise your arms overhead in time with the inhalation until the backs of your hands touch the floor . |