Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be [adv] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps this was part of some internal clock of hers and , at some moments , often weeks or months apart , Elinor was programmed to be briefly but definitely pleasant . |
| 2 | ‘ I just want to be there but , if the worst comes to the worst , the squad is strong enough to win . ’ |
| 3 | It is an ancient body of law , largely customary in its origins , which , since the mid-nineteenth century , has come to be largely but not completely codified in the form of binding multilateral international conventions ( Schindler and Toman , 1981 ; Roberts and Guelff , 1982 ) . |
| 4 | It is not only thought to be so but it undoubtedly is so , and getting better in each and every part of the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | The worst target of all is the one that seems to be near but is forever receding as one gets closer to it . |
| 6 | The need for equalization of state pension ages seems to be all but agreed . |
| 7 | I do n't want to go back to the Evans 's , I really do n't , I never did want to be there but it 's worse now , not better . |
| 8 | She wanted William ; she wanted to go home , she wanted to be anywhere but Alice Springs . |