Example sentences of "[verb] but [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was very happy there , not just because I 'd won but also because the crown was very nice to me and I saw lots of Portuguese people . |
| 2 | I do n't rightly know but only that he worked in a shop , a big shop , and he always wore a nice suit . |
| 3 | When there was a sense of unrest and what not , and then first one ship then the other , starts shuddering but before that happened we saw Germans coming off in the rafts and that . |
| 4 | She implored : ‘ If the immediate family breaks up the problems created can still be resolved but only if the children have been brought up from the very start with the feeling that they are wanted , loved and valued . ’ |
| 5 | He spoke of it a lot that evening : not to bring home to her all he 'd done but rather because it 'd been perhaps the biggest single event in his ( now rather dull ) life . |
| 6 | The beaches await but even if you consider yourself more of a sun worshipper than a sightseeing buff , you may be tempted to venture further afield , out to explore the rolling hills and picturesque cornfields which stretch across this region 's landscapes and conjure up images of some rich renaissance tapestry . |
| 7 | Catholicism , for centuries , allied itself with conservative forces opposed to progress but now that elements within the church have come out in favour of change , they appear to be opting for a more socialist , rather than capitalist , line . |
| 8 | I mean like with Kevin and Bill , we negotiated but even that we would n't talk about their professional work as a careers officer |
| 9 | The point is not that the theological pronouncements of scientists are to be discounted but rather that they do sometimes have to be seen as efforts at mediation . |
| 10 | It is not unfair to say that some turn out not to mean quite what everyone thought but nevertheless because they represent government policy — seldom of a direct party kind — they are useful . |
| 11 | Four columns can be used but later when the ground-rules are better understood . |
| 12 | Efficient cell room management during chlor-alkali production is vital to the success of this business , not only because of the large amounts of energy used but also because of the number of downstream businesses which rely on it . |
| 13 | Boy did not throw these letters away ; he kept them all , and indeed read them not only on the day that they arrived but again and again during the week before the arrival of the next one , but he did not keep these letters in his box , and he did not reply to them either . |
| 14 | And he answered : You give but little when you give of your possessions . |
| 15 | This is partly because we think they should be more widely recognized but also because they can also be wonderfully informative and entertaining . |
| 16 | There were , of course , many participants in this discussion , but Bukharin and Preobrazhensky stand out not only for the number of contributions they made but also because of the quality of these interventions . |
| 17 | Even in the event of Israel 's relinquishing the occupied territories this political problem is likely to continue , partly because the absorptive capacity of the West Bank is limited but also because the vast majority of refugees in Lebanon come from Galilee , Haifa and Acre , and consider these places to be home . |
| 18 | He did not answer but just before she heard his bedroom door close she would swear that she heard a small chortle of laughter — as if her dry afterthought of a good morning had amused him . |
| 19 | This was a road Henley avoided but only because its founding capital was provided by bondholders rather than shareholders . |
| 20 | Well he , , well , you know but just because he 's leaving he he seems to think that he 's got to upturn the , upturn the , upturn the term . |
| 21 | I know but then when they talk to you they wo n't see it . |
| 22 | However , not only is the wind downwind of a sail affected but also that behind the board , since the sail curves the wind and it takes a few board lengths for it to revert to its normal direction . |
| 23 | not intimidated but just because they do n't know who we are . |
| 24 | One of the major difficulties with much of the literature on regional geography-both the ‘ traditional ’ and the so-called ‘ new ’ — is not only that no methodology is provided but also that the main differentiating characteristics of places are not identified . |
| 25 | Among the professional politicians there could be little opposition , partly because the key men had been arrested but largely because all attempts to rouse the people made by those still at liberty failed dismally . |
| 26 | you know I , I think , I think usually what I say about questionnaires is towards the business of , you know , kind of writing them in people 's own words that , that sort of fit in with ordinary language okay putting them in a sensible order advising people to do scale type things with five or seven points or something which you 've got a lot of already so a lot of the comments that I normally make on people 's questionnaires er you can take as read as it were erm so I think erm you know just really one or two minor things about layout like , you know , you know sort of space and , and moving things around a wee bit , it might make them easier to read but again as I say that 's a you know relatively minor erm problem . |
| 27 | Er not to costume them you understand but simply because a cloak is something that can be worn by a man or a woman and can be worn over whatever you have on . |
| 28 | 7.4 Employees and their managers must complete this form and send it to the Employees Relations Officer at Department Headquarters , , not only in circumstances in which the employee has been physically hurt but also where they may have been abused or threatened in any way or subjected to racial or sexual harassment . |
| 29 | The name ‘ AEA Technology ’ was introduced but more and more questions seemed to arise about AEA 's future . |
| 30 | But for his act in bringing it there no mischief could have accrued , and it seems but just that he should at his peril keep it there so that no mischief may accrue , or answer for the natural and anticipated consequences . |