Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [adv] [verb] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of the servants seemed at all curious about her , but I once heard two of the maids talking , and I listened when I caught her name . |
| 2 | Whether it was because she knew she was my baby and did not like being with ward Sister , I shall not know , but she only gained two ounces the first week . |
| 3 | I know you were proud to give Anne away , and I 'd love to be with you and all the family , but we only have two days ’ leave . |
| 4 | Erm , they 're called the unorganised manager , erm , and the one , there are in fact four in the series , but we only see two of them . |
| 5 | Not only are the results of such ‘ on site ’ studies of immense value for what we assume they tell us about the role of our body clock in affecting mental performance , but they also serve two further roles . |
| 6 | Both Lady Amory and Sir John liked to get their hands in the soil — they did all the planting and arranging of the beds themselves — but they also had two willing helpers , gardeners who 'd been at Knightshayes for years , and some foresters . |
| 7 | Predictably , most of the new gentry committees did indeed reveal hostility to emancipation , but they also revealed two other things . |
| 8 | the pink bits the bit that fits onto ridge , they 've got three screws in each piece but they only need two to hold them , so I 've taken the centre one out of each one and used it to do the |
| 9 | But they still scored two on the line and two just away from it . |
| 10 | His only child was an infant daughter but he also had two adult brothers , William and Ademar , who clearly expected to obtain possession of the county and be the guardians of their niece . |
| 11 | But he always has two or three times more possession than most . |
| 12 | But it also contains two of Edinburgh 's top hotels , a couple of cinemas , the Usher Hall and the Lyceum and Traverse theatres . |
| 13 | Well yes , but it only represents two percent of G D P in this country it 's , it 's insignificant . |