Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [v-ing] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean the one fear surely is that this is n't something which is happening on a , I was going to say a small local area , that 's perhaps exaggerating but it is in a at the moment in a confined locality , we know where it is , it 's not actually here and |
| 2 | Barbour has brought out the flyweight Durham jacket ( £90 ) which , despite the description , is harder wearing but heavier than most of the other jackets I have tested . |
| 3 | Most of Scotland is still rising but the south-east of England is sinking by 15cm a century . |
| 4 | It survived and is still trading but Gilbey now works from his Norfolk home as marketing manager for Team Lotus . |
| 5 | ‘ The economy in the U.S. is gradually recovering but economic prospects in the UK and much of the rest of Europe are less encouraging . ’ |
| 6 | It 's still working but only with loads of distortion and then the output is quiet and acoustic , instead of loud and gutsy . |
| 7 | Well he 's still working but cos that dog 's a lot older , and a lot more grumpier |
| 8 | That 's still going but er |
| 9 | the second team 's still playing but we 've finished so er |
| 10 | It 's er it 's still running but that 's it . |
| 11 | After yesterday 's case Shepherd said : ‘ Flash is now recovering but faces a further operation . ’ |
| 12 | To choose er erm the labour party er housing er strategy , their housing policy is well gobsmacking but given that this is going to be recorded perhaps not a very good idea . |
| 13 | before before the meeting proper may I refer you to first of all the voice amplification system is currently working but er there are some difficulties with it and it may during the day deteriorate to a state that it is more trouble than it 's worth . |
| 14 | and records himself going for a piss but he does a bit , it cuts out when he 's actually pissing but he 's going on about now the biros are getting in the way of my knob here |