Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [adv] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gazza is slowly but surely learning the Italian language , making it work for him . |
| 2 | By about 1860 , the cloth trade in Painswick was all but extinct , one of the last survivors the concern of E.P . |
| 3 | Northern Ireland are all but out of the competition , needing a miracle to make it to the US , Scotland are already out and Wales are still in with a chance . |
| 4 | Shannon was all but overwhelmed by the urge to slap his face — just who in sweet heaven did he think he was ? |
| 5 | For a fleeting second as she crossed the floor Shannon was all but swamped by a feeling of panic that bade her run now , while she still had the chance . |
| 6 | then I would like er we 'd just talk about , I do n't know whatever , she 'd probably agree with everything I said as well because that 's what Catherine 's like but when she 's like with the rest of us she |
| 7 | PPB was all but abandoned by the incoming Nixon administration and in 1973 the US government adopted a system of management by objectives ( MBO ) . |
| 8 | Emigrations to both America and Australia were overland but after the ice-caps melted some 10000 years ago , those populations became isolated from the others . |
| 9 | Mason was ahead but Biggs for a while looked the stronger man and employed his superior technique to suggest that Mason might be running into trouble . |
| 10 | Luiza and Freddi were there but he knew they would be hopeless . |
| 11 | The shop was open and George was there but still yawning . |
| 12 | John o' Groats is commonly but wrongly regarded as the most northerly tip of the country and because of this popular misconception attracts many visitors , most of whom come for no better reason than to be able to say they have been there and , having satisfied this ambition , turn round and return south . |
| 13 | A number of times during my weekend visit to Ireland , Bono hints that a move to London is all but inevitable . |
| 14 | Not that Tony is either but he 's handy at sticking daggers in your back and that 's better than nothing . |
| 15 | ‘ The fate of McMullen is all but certain . |
| 16 | Middlesbrough General Hospital said Miss Harrison was poorly but stable yesterday . |