Example sentences of "[adv prt] but [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He finished one lap down but had every reason to be proud of a fine drive in his first Formula One race since 1991 . |
| 2 | Ben Turner , 18 , admitted knocking him down but said he tried to stop the others from piling in . |
| 3 | He did not ask her to sit down but said to her straightaway , ‘ What has she told you ? ’ |
| 4 | This is not really improved if worn backwards or upside down but try it inside out ! |
| 5 | From Peake 's brilliant pass , Payton brought the ball well down but shot wide . |
| 6 | Litter should not be thrown down but put in the bins provided . |
| 7 | ‘ We can take something from this game and be positive that we were down but came away with the point . |
| 8 | She sits down but does n't join in the conversations , her face is distracted and her hands move constantly as though she 's talking to herself . |
| 9 | You will not have to strip the tank down but wait until the remaining fish are back to 100 per cent health and then begin re-stocking very slowly . |
| 10 | It would n't take too much more ingenuity to cut the speed of the sample down but keep the pitch the same , thus making the target guitar part much easier to distinguish . |
| 11 | If you ca n't , or if your fingers are arthritic and you ca n't write much , let her write it down but take a part in it yourself . |
| 12 | As a student of these matters , surely the hon. Gentleman recognises that in , for example , the past five years , the peak age for offending for a young male has not gone down but gone up . |
| 13 | However , there is also your prose side , which urges time not to slow down but hurry up . |
| 14 | The painting was offered to the National Gallery , who turned it down but did not then offer it on to either the Tate or another likely candidate , the National Gallery of Scotland . |
| 15 | Raising injection pressures brings particulates down but puts NOx up ; the same goes for many other design changes . |
| 16 | Northumberland senior boys 110 metres hurdler Kevin Lumsden knocked four barriers down but won in 14.9 secs , a three-second improvement on the run which earned him the county title seven days earlier . |
| 17 | The way out of a hole , Mr Major , is not to dig DOWN but to build UP . |
| 18 | It flew steadily homewards , nose fractionally down but wings beautifully level , trailing streamers of torn fabric like favours . |
| 19 | Er they have well just the same as er some of these weight reducers. they 'll take the weight down but look at the side effects . |
| 20 | It was a complex language : not written down but handed down . |
| 21 | as if she had known this all along but had hoped something different . |
| 22 | The smaller head is obliged to tag along but has no say in things any more . |
| 23 | Dissolves can also be edited in but require the use of rather more sophisticated equipment than for simple fades . |
| 24 | One particularly cold winter I gave in but stipulated that I must n't be around when it happened . |
| 25 | I did not see him come in but looked up to find him standing suddenly between two columns . |
| 26 | Cover the bloom with a polythene bag — or better , if you can make them up , fine muslin bags that will let the air in but keep the insects out . |
| 27 | This means allowing participants to discuss particular issues between themselves while the researcher listens in but does not contribute at all : they almost interview themselves while the interviewer eavesdrops . |
| 28 | Prices range from 65 pounds to 665 pound the better the suit the higher the price , most people opt for a semi-dry suit it is made out of neoprene a rubbery material which lets the water in but does n't let it out again your body heat warms the water up . |
| 29 | he never does that and that , and that 's what we were saying on Friday and it seems like , and I think you 've tried to put all those in but change yourself a bit . |
| 30 | He did not bother to look up when Corbett and Ranulf were ushered in but made a gesture for them to sit on the bench alongside the table while he continued noisily with his meal . |