Example sentences of "be [adj] but [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fourth : the shops are half-empty but everyone finds enough to eat and clothe themselves with . |
| 2 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 3 | My neighbours are friendly but I do n't really know anybody intimately . |
| 4 | They may have even been friendly but I remembered the old saying , ‘ On a dark lonely road , one never meets a friend ’ . ’ |
| 5 | That poems are alive but they run away from you , you know and you have difficulty catching them like you have difficulty catching foxes . |
| 6 | Details are scarce but it uses a dopler meter and flow dividers and will work with vacuum tankers . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , sir , I am sorry but I saw it lying there and the temptation was too much for me . ’ |
| 8 | Not only have your reports been first-lass but I have been particularly pleased that you were able to establish and maintain such good relations with the girl 's family and with the police . |
| 9 | Gazza said : ‘ Some of what he did might have been wrong but I respect the fact that Maradona made himself the player Napoli could n't do without when he was in Italy . |
| 10 | They are damp but they do n't feel too bad |
| 11 | The revolution at Northampton may have been different but it did have uncanny echoes of what had gone on at Neath . |
| 12 | The performances individually are ok but it seems the tactics are wrong . |
| 13 | The Shorthorn/Highland first cross has always been popular but it took the concerted efforts of the three Cadzow brothers on an island off the west coast of Scotland to consolidate the virtues of the cross and turn it into a genuine breed , the Luing , named after the island of its origin . |
| 14 | ( Strictly speaking these orbits are heteroclinic but it makes sense , because of the symmetry , to identify C " + with C and to think of this situation as a symmetric version of a homoclinic orbit to a single stationary point . ) |
| 15 | It may have been painful but she got things moving . |
| 16 | Most slopes are outside but I went to the 30 metre slope at Calshot Activities Centre at Calshot Spit in the Solent . |
| 17 | Since they have been in Brazil things have not been easy but they have settled in well and are slowly coming to terms with the language . |
| 18 | It has n't always been easy but I 've always kept my self-respect , and I have n't let anybody take that away . |
| 19 | Organ jazz has for a long time been club-trendy but it has taken until now for a new artist to come through to match the likes of Jimmy Smith and ‘ Big ’ John Patton with whom she shares a clear affinity in her choice of rhythms and blues inflections . |
| 20 | Well yeah they 're free but they 've got their advert on it have n't they ? |
| 21 | Get them to say what you 've just said and and erm then she 'll like tell them why it 's chill out man , not because they 're cold but you know |
| 22 | Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ? |
| 23 | Yeah , they 're clean but I wan na clear up spots on my back ! |
| 24 | They 're expensive but they collect pure rainfall , because coral never gets dirty . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You 're greedy but you have n't the sense to see how to make money . |
| 26 | Guide Dogs and wheelchairs are welcome but we regret that pushchairs and dogs are not permitted in the exhibition hall . |
| 27 | Christopher Mossman , from Flint , Clwyd , who organised the trip to Carmarthen , said : ‘ The people in the village are fine but we have had some bad threats from people from Llanelli and Pen-clawdd . |
| 28 | Before that , I recognised the building under the trees , de luxe bedroom suites now , but still the same structure , on the left-hand side of the drive , just before the sweep around to the hotel steps : ‘ The stables which formed part of the rectangle of low buildings out of which that archway to the henyard led , had long been disused but somebody swept them now and then , dusted the curved metal hay racks , wiped manger and woodwork and shone the brass tethering rings so brightly than whenever we pushed a door open and looked into the dusky twilight we were welcomed by a small round gleam of light . ’ |
| 29 | Provisions to undertake these remits have been substantial but we estimate that without them our costs in 1992–93 would have been some £25 million higher . |
| 30 | I have a feeling that he had been married but I do not know what happened . |