Example sentences of "be still but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , sometime Wednesday you go , you really go through it cos you you 're not you 're not halfway through but you 're still but you 've done quite a bit . |
| 2 | Our prisoners are kept safe in the bilboes you were prescient to despatch , and I would have had this Dulay hanged but that he might in death prove a beacon to this same rabble and draw them on to greater reprisals against us , and we are still but few in number . |
| 3 | Conversation at table is as superfluous as a sermon in church ; all is still but for the ping of the latest microwave masterpiece . |
| 4 | This gives Table 10.1 , so the optimal solution is still but the optimal value is . |
| 5 | Such however is the mighty Providence that guides us , we were adverted in due time withal and haply able to forestall the deadly peril to our settlement , that is still but a mewling infant scarce able to totter on bandy legs . |
| 6 | Charity Swindle There is still but one sponsor for my wicket-keeping efforts in the coming season . |
| 7 | The night was still but a mist was descending slowly ; he stood looking towards platforms 2 and I when he suddenly heard footsteps on the ballast approaching him . |
| 8 | The world of the Zoo seemed to move without any noise at all and around the Cages all was still but for the visitor Creggan had attacked , who swayed back and forth where he sat on the ground , others gathered around him . |
| 9 | His face was still but Sheldukher could see that he had been troubled by these words . |