Example sentences of "[be] [adj] but [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chief Superintendent Large had been polite but made it clear that this was a matter for professionals and he had everything sewn up . |
| 2 | High interest rates are ideal but do you need instant access to your money ? |
| 3 | ‘ Can you guess … ? ’ can be used to help those who are stuck but feel they understand where they are going . |
| 4 | They say women are bitchy but have you ever heard a conversation betwe |
| 5 | I 'm sorry but does anyone actually use Stoke Newington train station ? |
| 6 | The banks say the Phoenix survey is too small to be representative but insist it 's up to customers to check statements . |
| 7 | The most professional approach was to be polite but say nothing . |
| 8 | tendency if you talk about it you 'd be honest but to write it on a form you 'd be |
| 9 | I mean like royalty do , pretend to be married but do their own thing on the quiet . |
| 10 | It may be legal but did what do you think the chances are that the programmer who created your application anticipated the way that you are trying to use the program . |
| 11 | The narrator ca n't be sure but guesses he was n't even aware of the existence of the flowers . |
| 12 | It must be a bit like being a lapsed Catholic , he thought ; you knew you were right but felt you were wrong . |
| 13 | We were helpless but spurred our mothers into action with our cries for milk or affection , and through our lives we learn how to get what we want from our parents , partners or children . ) |
| 14 | Her parents and sisters were sympathetic but expected her to conform to the existing status quo . |
| 15 | He knew the pathologist , a woman doctor who had once been young but found her work was ageing her fast . |
| 16 | A graduate in journalism from North Carolina , he is 33 but says we have not yet seen the best of Beck . |
| 17 | The UK solution to the need for a continuous and systematic comparison of the two is to keep them separate as far as the double-entry is concerned but to report them side-by-side . |
| 18 | Just why is unclear but follow it and , four miles before Gubbio , a road branches off to the beautiful region of Monte Maggiore . |
| 19 | Police in Cambridge said that the explosion was minor , adding : ‘ To say it exploded is correct but putting it strongly — it apparently fizzed . ’ |
| 20 | He is self-deprecating but ail his anecdotes feature his achievements . |
| 21 | It was pleasant but had I been blindfolded I would not have been able to tell the difference from its cheaper , non-organic counterpart . |
| 22 | Keeper Eric Thorstvedt was outstanding but insists he does n't know if Spurs want him to stay . |
| 23 | ‘ The prison staff said that was OK but said they would have to tie back the cell doors . |
| 24 | Tonight Craig Cook 's parents said the council knew the wall was unsafe but did nothing about it . |
| 25 | Their trial , on Health and Safety charges has been told that they knew the gantry was unsafe but did nothing about it . |
| 26 | She could guess roughly what he was promising but let him keep his secret . |
| 27 | The judge was impressed but reckoned it was in the wrong section . |
| 28 | They also suggest that their choice of index was incorrect but justify it by pointing out that it included both industrial and financial sectors and so could not have any undue bias . |
| 29 | Lydia thought that the harm done to us all on being born was irreversible but held her tongue . |
| 30 | The brave soldier was alone but stood his ground after confronting the men in the dead of night . |