Example sentences of "he [be] [adv] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | The odds against him were all but unimaginable . |
| 2 | He is here but nobody can see him , except me . ’ |
| 3 | He is politely but quite openly starting to mock her . |
| 4 | Armed with this terrible weapon he is all but invincible for a time . |
| 5 | Sure he has rights and there is a sense in which he is a member of that civil society while he 's here but he does n't have full political rights , he 's not a full member . |
| 6 | But I would , in a way , love to go whilst he 's there but he er he really feels that it would n't be a place that would suit pa and me on holiday . |
| 7 | In fact , Tony 's brother , Freddie , he 's there but Johnny was still outside working and he was filthy ! |
| 8 | Yeah he should n't be long before he 's home but |
| 9 | Guttersnipe is loth to kick a man when he 's down but is this episode not an outstanding example of divine retribution for Cheggers Plays Pop ? |
| 10 | For instance , the Borough Surveyor wrote to ask for repairs to be made to the wall between the School and Greek Street : he was politely but firmly informed that the wall was not dangerous , " having been in that condition for twenty years " ! |
| 11 | He pretended he was n't but I could tell . |
| 12 | I 've erm dad had a lot of old gardening to , tools up in er his shed when he was up but when we when dad retired he was going to erm take them , but he forgot about them |
| 13 | But one , one of the coloured chaps where Tasha works said he was he 'd been to one of these Blind Dates , he was on but we have n't come across him yet have we ? |
| 14 | Mum he was here but we were too late |
| 15 | He was upright but fell to unmanly worship : |
| 16 | Mrs Stych , in a frantic hurry , had said that he was out but that he was fine , just fine . |
| 17 | He was now but a guest in his son 's house , but I think my father lost none of his deference to him when he resigned the farm . |
| 18 | There are a lot of people saying that Mike Martin Pipe is not the force he was etcetera but there 's been a change of policy down at and if anyone thinks that Pipe has lost his touch they 're talking twaddle . |
| 19 | He was down but not out . |
| 20 | And he was there but there was no way of getting back . |
| 21 | ‘ He was there but he did n't do it ! |
| 22 | El Cid himself fought like ten men and when he returned to the city he was bloody but victorious . |