Example sentences of "[adv prt] but [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ' He tugged the sleeves of the jersey down but they slid stubbornly back to between his wrists and elbows . |
| 2 | We were n't knuckling down but we started working more because we were n't fucking bossed about . |
| 3 | But you see the We 'd got no stall that end open to us and no stall that end , and the gate was down but we working to breakthrough to get some fresh air through from there . |
| 4 | I mean , I know , but Colin ai n't been down much this week , because Colin 's been working , he 's been working every day and that , you know what I mean , it 's been a bit hard for us to get down but we tried . |
| 5 | The big bag they had brought for the goose caught between her legs and almost threw her down but she recovered her balance , her feet slipping and sliding . |
| 6 | Her voice almost let her down but she persevered . |
| 7 | After several hours Matron managed to calm him down but he left her in a terrible mood . |
| 8 | so he said well that 's you down but he said he wanted to cut them back . |
| 9 | Mike says everything is bouncing up and down but he does n't know why he does it … after today 's race he will not be able to get out of bed in the morning because he 'll be so bruised |
| 10 | Mother Bombie motioned him to keep his voice down but he ignored her . |
| 11 | I tried to stare him down but he kept talking . |
| 12 | His Halifax , W1041 ‘ B ’ , has also been shot down but he survived and escaped via Sweden . |
| 13 | Well yeah , no I 've light bulbs I mean I could make you a list down but it does n't matter I can get that tomorrow Ann I 'll go down tomorrow you know , I 'll be up in time . |
| 14 | The UK side of TVS is being run down but it has a pile of cash and what could be highly profitable operations in the US via MTM . |
| 15 | A festoon blind , on the other hand , hangs like a curtain when it is down but it has vertical rows of rings on the back through which cord is threaded . |
| 16 | Lyppard Grange is a listed building so the City Council ca n't have it knocked down but it has applied for a compulsory purchase order . |
| 17 | The electricity authority said the only high-voltage power line had been brought down but it did not say how or by whom . |
| 18 | By Christmas it was really getting me down but I had to keep going . |
| 19 | Well I know it 's wrong , since I had n't put it down but I had Heron down . |
| 20 | She wanted to sit down but I said we 've just got to get out as soon as possible . |
| 21 | She wanted to sit down but I said we 've just got to get out as soon as possible . |
| 22 | Well I 'll tell you right now I have got another builder on but he 's taken one of the er the slots further down but I 've got one I 've got a prime er the the estate agent asked me to contact you because there is a prime slot left . |
| 23 | I must admit , it 's never ever let me down but I mean , they know if ever they said I could n't have no money I 'd cause one hell of a stink you know ! |
| 24 | But I mean yes certainly if it was y if it was you coming down but I do n't want |
| 25 | I took the thing down but I have n't put it back . |
| 26 | That 's that 's either gon na get worser or it 's gon na die down but I think it 's gon na get worser . |
| 27 | Yep erm well anyone can go along but you do have to live in Snainton or St Annes . |
| 28 | , well I mean , I did do what you want , Penny and I would come along but I think you 'd see better in , in a box . |
| 29 | Yeah I know , I do n't know whether she was going out or coming in but they got one there now and I think they th the one they got there now I do n't know whether the Corporation , that 's theirs or whether that 's put out to contract and I think that 's put out to contract now . |
| 30 | Well they 've written it in but they have n't ticked it . |