Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [noun pl] but [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the summer of 1716 , a sensitive time since i August marked the anniversary of King George 's alleged usurpation of the throne , considerable unrest occurred in London where taverns associated with the Whigs were attacked by mobs which would break up the premises but leave enough of the stock undamaged to drink the health of ‘ James III ’ . |
| 2 | The teachers were shouting at each other and scrambling up the shelves but getting nowhere . |
| 3 | If you are going to use them , light weights are good enough for our purpose ; they tone up the muscles but do not make them bulky . |
| 4 | At a Local Government conference , someone at the venue had put up the mikes but had not checked to make sure they were fixed properly , so they were slowly drooping ! |
| 5 | Large lakes thaw round the edges but tend to retain a core of ice in summer ; in consequence their waters never warm far above freezing point . |