Example sentences of "but every " in BNC.
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| 1 | BUT EVERY DAY WE HEAR THE SAME EXCUSES FROM GOVERNMENTS . |
| 2 | Not forgetting the notes in the blue box , he wrote , number the slips perhaps or leave unnumbered , each slip to record date and place of purchase of one element of the glass , size and shape and substance before incorporation , brief history of its purchase , tube ticket , bus ticket , receipt , weather on day of purchase and weather on day of incorporation , temperature on day of purchase and temperature on day of incorporation , 1 tin peaches , bread , marmite ( small ) , remember laundry , one day like any other ( and Goldberg , pausing in his typing , picked up his pen and put a small question mark in the margin of his typescript and then carried on ) , now winter has come , but every night like every other , walking round the glass under the cold light , measuring the glass , preparing the glass . |
| 3 | The majority of students become acclimatised to these sensations after a few flights , but every instructor is aware that some students are particularly sensitive to these feelings and can develop a total abhorrence of stalling and pitching manoeuvres . |
| 4 | ‘ This Act will enslave you , ’ he heard Cameron saying , ‘ and not only the young men among you but every family with a son who is in his prime . |
| 5 | But every sign now is that to shortages , inflation and a runaway budget deficit must be added serious shortfalls in output of coal , oil and nuclear energy . |
| 6 | Fussell is a past master of gallows humour ; but every now and then one can laugh without any sense of guilt , usually when senior officers are being mocked . |
| 7 | The strike affects not just tax and customs officers but every branch of the state 's financial service . |
| 8 | But every week we hear rejoice |
| 9 | ‘ But every now and again it 's jolly nice to go out and have an absolutely top-class meal in a super restaurant , ’ he adds with relish . |
| 10 | But every eating house in town has puffin on the menu , I say , where do they come from ? |
| 11 | I refused to be taken to school , but every morning before I left , the other wives would come and put make-up all over my face – – bright red lipstick and things . |
| 12 | But every scrap of information paints a picture of an all-time great motor car . |
| 13 | I feel exactly as if I were having a very prolonged dream but every time I come out of it I 'm so tired I fall back into it again . |
| 14 | I try and stop my crying , but every time I look at her it starts again . |
| 15 | ‘ Not only the members of the small governing class but every squire , tradesman and farmer who could afford to modernize or rebuild his house , even the parson , deputy of Christ , lived behind a façade which was conceived in the terms of a Classical Order , entered his home through a doorway deriving from the portico of a pagan shrine and sat at a hearth which resembled a miniature triumphal arch or an altar to the Lares . ’ |
| 16 | But every time he has used force in the past — as in Azerbaijan a year ago — he has been able to portray himself as defender of both law and order . |
| 17 | Christmas is not the reality of the Christian faith : it is a sign of God 's gracious invitation to celebrate his love personally by welcoming him into our hearts and lives , not just once a year but every day we live . |
| 18 | But every coin has a flip side ; although we might be better equipped to maintain health , we should recognise that we can not stem the effects of time . |
| 19 | ‘ Some of you may think this is a fairy story , something I 've made up , but every word of it is true . |
| 20 | Our pilot was said to be the best on the river , but every now and then there was a shudder as we touched a sandbank ; and there was so little water coming down from Aswan that we only squeezed through the lock at Nag Hammadi by all the passengers crowding into the bows of the Nefertari , while her crew hauled on ropes , chanting a shanty that might have been sung on the sunboats of the pharaohs . |
| 21 | The modern films are scientifically more respectable and probably better films , but every word of commentary trembles with piety and no chance is ever missed to remind us that man is the intruder , the destroyer , the only sinful animal in the biosphere . |
| 22 | There has been an unprecedented number of in-depth political interviews during this campaign ; but every one I have seen has been held , so to speak , under the shadow of the next round of news programmes . |
| 23 | But every piece would cry out , Jesus loves you . |
| 24 | Gowie is given every opportunity by his teacher and his classmates to join in with the others and make a useful contribution to the school ; but every gesture of friendship he rejects . |
| 25 | Her mother had said nothing to her , of course , but every glance , every cup of tea was full of unspoken reproach . |
| 26 | He began on a new plan and Endill tried to ask him what he was up to but every time he approached , Mould shouted , |
| 27 | But every stroke took her further and further away . |
| 28 | Not only did the County Council begin to prepare a major case against Hinkley C , but every detail , from the new roads to the siting of a proposed workers ' hostel , was back in the melting pot . |
| 29 | But every new specification means that we have to stop production , retool or reset the machines , stop a flow line , or whatever . |
| 30 | But every so often ( say , twice a year ) you can deliberately ease off the training after a sufficiently sustained ‘ input ’ and briefly enjoy that feeling of coasting downhill on your bike . |