Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thought of risk and high danger was exciting but it must also have been distorting . |
| 2 | Sir , to do summat to do like she was paralysed but she could still feel the pain ? |
| 3 | The setting might appear incongruous but it can also be seen as being particularly poignant . |
| 4 | Nevertheless his career reveals the strong point of a ‘ heroic ’ view of evil , the weak point of a Boethian one : if you regard evil as something internal , to be pitied , more harmful to the malefactor than the victim , you may be philosophically consistent but you may also be exposing others to sacrifices to which they have not consented ( like being murdered by Viking ravagers or , as The Lord of the Rings was being written , being herded into gas-chambers ) . |
| 5 | things are actually outside but you can still imagine them in your mind if you ca n't see them |
| 6 | I wish it was quite so simple but it would certainly be a boost for us . ’ |
| 7 | It is certainly what would be expected if the latent inhibitor functions like a CS- but it could just as easily be a consequence of generalization decrement — adding another stimulus to the excitatory CS might modify the way in which the latter is perceived and thus reduce its ability to evoke the CR . |
| 8 | The senses are oversensitive and burning pains are characteristic but there may also be stinging , stabbing , tearing , cutting pains with numbness , tingling and crawling . |
| 9 | Initially a pitch of a ♯ = 408 was chosen as being close to the Bate Collection 's recorders of the period : at this pitch it sounds fine but one could easily allow that the original use of the instrument might have been at a higher pitch than this . |
| 10 | You think that 's especially true and like say Aberdeen if you go in a shop there and and , at least it used to be the case , and asked for something you be thought you were speaking fine but they would just say , Oh my you down from Orkney for a holiday ? |
| 11 | The number 10 40 may be very large but we can still write it down , and we can still use it in calculations . |
| 12 | He suddenly felt cold but he could also feel the sweat running down the sides of his face . |
| 13 | She could be described as prejudiced but she can no more be called a racist than a rape victim who hates men can be called sexist . |
| 14 | It might not be complete but it 'll certainly give us some of them . |
| 15 | He was asleep but he 'd just take him home . |
| 16 | It probably wants it hyphenated but we 'll just say skip , if you 're happy with the spelling . |
| 17 | If you use milk it might not go completely solid but you should still manage to get some lumps of frozen milk . |
| 18 | Walsh added : ‘ I expect James 's ankle to be right but I 'll probably start him from the bench and let him make an explosive entrance . |
| 19 | This special pleading is , no doubt , partly emotional but it might very well include reference to children 's lack of knowledge and understanding . |
| 20 | That may or may not be applicable but I 'll just bring it in and dump it on you . |
| 21 | It increases our range over our present equipment which is very effective but we can actually detect the motorist before he sees the officer on the side of the road . |
| 22 | oh yeah the people , matey 's walking along and he 's going like this and he 's pulling it as he 's doing it , he says and he 's doing it in proper time like that , but with one arm going he 's twiddling it , he 's doing it , he says no my feet are exactly like that , very effective but you can actually get fined for loosing them , you have to pay for them and its like a real , shooting sticks as well , you do n't tend to carry erm , these pay sticks you carry them like the old shooting sticks , the old you know ? |
| 23 | The time was after eleven and he was tired but he could never sleep without reading for a few minutes at least . |
| 24 | It may be pricey but it will never date . |
| 25 | ‘ My parents seem fascinated by our relationship , they 're very nosy and curious but I would never talk to them about sex . |
| 26 | Amongst Unitarian abolitionists an emotional quality in antislavery commitment was also present but it may often have had different origins from the antislavery of Evangelicals and Quakers . |
| 27 | I mean our place is nothing like that , I mean it is n't dowdy but they can probably put up wall coverings , scrap piece of paper , and they were drawings that the kids had ju , had drawn for us you know , and we said , look here mate , get stuffed , you know ! |
| 28 | The response from Medau teachers has been good but we can still take a few more . |
| 29 | There are some folk who will talk about the the baptism of the spirit , and the gifts of the spirit , and say , oh well , well they 're all very well and good but I would rather have the fruit of the spirit . |
| 30 | Alan ‘ Fluff ’ Freeman said : ‘ It was quite good but it could never be the same — we were like kids with a new toy . ’ |