Example sentences of "but [adv] the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But thankfully the two exters never got to me . |
| 2 | Everyone , but especially the two Lewises , loved the zoo , and Jack made friends with a bear whom he nicknamed Bultitude . |
| 3 | Nowadays they get in free and are given VIP passes ( access to all areas ) , but tonight the five mates with whom they 've driven the 150 miles from Southport have all been refused entry by the Ritzy 's management for being under 20 . |
| 4 | Hence , if a diet involves calorie restriction to 1000 calories per day , then not 980 , not 1020 , but exactly the 1000 calories should pass the lips . |
| 5 | Well she is like mine but just the one window opens down side , you know . |
| 6 | But yesterday the two firms announced that the marriage was back on again , and a greater North TV station back on the agenda . |
| 7 | The knot gave but still the four horses seemed content to graze the clearing where they were . |
| 8 | It is not a mere means to X + Y , since it is a part of it , but still the 90 degrees of value are not its value . |
| 9 | But now the two men have changed places , and the boat has worked its magic . |
| 10 | But now the 95 workers are out of a job … the Ministry of Defence has given the contract to supply uniforms to workers in Morocco instead . |
| 11 | He also reached the 1944 and 46 finals losing to Jimmy Adams and the great Fred Daly but surely the '31 decider must go down in history as one of the most one-sided ever . |
| 12 | It was a Herculean task , and she 'd died just as she was beginning the nineteenth volume , with no end in sight , but even the one book in Godolphin 's possession was enough to guarantee that he would search for the others until his dying day . |
| 13 | But even the 1953 laws were not very detailed . |
| 14 | But undoubtedly the two show-stoppers are pictorial . |