Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] but [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was shaking all over but she held her ground . |
| 2 | Eastleigh is now 5lb better off but he went to Doncaster with the benefit of three all-weather runs this year , and Big Leap , having only the third race of his career there , should confirm the form . |
| 3 | DeFreitas circled under the ball at long off but it slipped through his up-stretched hand and over the boundary rope . |
| 4 | It was sweet dreams all round but they went to sleep far too early — and woke up to the reality of elimination . |
| 5 | ‘ It had been bloody hard because we were sleeping with each other from very early on but we had always agreed not to get physical because I knew we should n't , ’ he said . |
| 6 | They kept peering about on all sides as though they knew that he was not far off but they seemed reluctant to leave the path . |