Example sentences of "[adv] but give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward Lear , drawing parrots and toucans in the zoo , got them very lifelike but left his backgrounds very sketchy , letting the bird stand out brilliantly but giving very little clue about its habitat . |
| 2 | In their previous league match two weeks ago , they had travelled to Leicester knowing that a win would all but give them the championship , but that day they slumped to a surprise 3–2 defeat . |
| 3 | He has all but given up hard physical work on his farm . |
| 4 | ‘ We 'd all but given you up , Father , ’ said Owen eagerly , holding his stirrup for him while Adam took the bridle . |
| 5 | The feeling of being pressed against his solid , rock-hard body almost undid her completely , and for a moment she was forced to simply lean against him , her legs all but giving way beneath her . |
| 6 | His cajoling got him as far as the first landing , but then his legs all but gave out , and thereafter he had to climb using his one good arm to haul him onwards . |
| 7 | concerned directly but give |
| 8 | They said afterwards that Mr Patten listened sympathetically but gave no specific response . |
| 9 | These short square-ended drawing crayons hold together well but give a soft smudgeable line . |
| 10 | There was a place he lived further down the glen and the old farmer said I 've no objections to you going in there but give me your pipe . |
| 11 | I 've never seen the sort of breathtaking squalor I witnessed there but give them a day when their neighbourhood is shown to be worth the world running through it , gratefully accepting water and candy from them at the roadside , and it 's amazing the way mutual mistrust can disappear . |
| 12 | else but give everybody an hour off |
| 13 | It was unclear whether Japanese armed forces would be developed significantly but given the covert encouragement given by General Willoughby and others to Japanese defences — of which the Soviet Union could not have been unaware through intelligence activities — disquiet was bound to increase . |
| 14 | He returned shortly afterwards but gave no indication to anyone of who had phoned . |