Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that is rather peculiar but it can be digested and lived with . |
| 2 | The thought of risk and high danger was exciting but it must also have been distorting . |
| 3 | It was very exciting but I shall be very careful next time . |
| 4 | Something may be wrong but they may not realise it . |
| 5 | I mean it might be wrong but I ca n't see |
| 6 | I knew it was wrong but I could n't stop doing it . |
| 7 | ‘ I will not say that they are wrong but I will say that I think they are definitely unwise in the present climate of opinion … . |
| 8 | I try to explain to the two silver boots [ now accompanied by the projectionist , drinking tea ] what is wrong but I can not make myself heard even out here . |
| 9 | There was something wrong , very wrong but he could not grasp it . |
| 10 | The reason for this is not clear but it may relate to the more recent stress associated with handling and anaesthesia for irradiation . |
| 11 | The reason for this is not clear but it could be explained by the finding of a lower prevalence of H pylori in NSAID patients , and by the tendency of NSAID related damage to be maximal in the gastric antrum . |
| 12 | Floppy drives and video are all OK but they might be in need of modernisation . |
| 13 | I said I thought it would be OK but I would phone him back if not . |
| 14 | ‘ One day I will learn English but it will take me a year in life . |
| 15 | Mark Garner , a consultant with the channel 's parent company , Continental Television , said : ‘ The extra three nights will have films in Italian , German and French instead of English but it should n't be a problem for British viewers because dialogue is n't our strong point . ’ |
| 16 | She 's gon na have to one of these , I 'm not being funny but she ca n't stick up for herself , that girl ca n't . |
| 17 | Now , the reason why we 're getting a fairly high test statistic is that er , that distribution , although it looks normal on the left hand side , it does n't look particularly normal erm on the right and that we are missing some observations , we are missing some values of the residuals er in one area of the graph , nevertheless if we had a larger sample , right we probably erm , right it does n't look , that looks quite encouraging in actual fact , those residuals do seem to be er normally distributed er what the test statistic is doing er it 's saying it 's performing a , it 's a kiescraper two test , it 's making two restrictions , one of which is saying , is the distribution of these residuals symmetric er and also it 's testing whether there 's one of the tails is a lot larger or a lot longer than the other tail of the distribution and er test statistics fairly high but we would n't reject the null of normality at the five percent level so our test statistic is four point zero eight and the critical value is five point nine nine and that the five percent significance level , so we 've got reasonably er robust residuals . |
| 18 | He would have been terribly embarrassed but it might have made him feel ‘ one of us ’ for a change . ) |
| 19 | Oh I am sightless but I can sense my environs and weary utterly of them . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've heard that Linfield might be interested but I would prefer to remain with Portadown . |
| 21 | A whole school concert is always popular but there may be problems in that the demand for tickets may well outweigh the supply . |
| 22 | The plastic laminated top is very popular but you must be careful not to chop directly on to it ( use a chopping board ) or to put down hot pots and saucepans . |
| 23 | ‘ We will bring the filmmakers and the properties together free but it will be up to the owner to negotiate a facility fee depending on the scale of the project . |
| 24 | They 're free but you 'll need to enclose a stamped addressed envelope . |
| 25 | N : The best things in life are free but you can give them to the birds and bees |
| 26 | We appreciate that raw materials may be foreign but it must not exceed thirty five percent of the finished product . |
| 27 | Sir , to do summat to do like she was paralysed but she could still feel the pain ? |
| 28 | I have angina which is very unpleasant but I can move about more easily since losing a bit of weight and I used to suffer every night with heartburn but since having no fat I can honestly say I have n't suffered at all : … . |
| 29 | Not only will this make the water unpleasant but it may cause leakages if the corrosion goes right through the cistern . |
| 30 | The playground was empty but he could hear the sing-song voices of children reciting tables as he paused by the railings . |