Example sentences of "[adv] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gulped down the spread of cold meats eagerly but chewed slowly , like the old man he had become . |
| 2 | Some children may therefore adopt a black mask which they wear fiercely but weakly . |
| 3 | I do n't know his number offhand but I |
| 4 | Mrs Cresson 's appointment may have helped the Socialists somewhat but can not have done much for the Communists . |
| 5 | Another three years later the passion had cooled somewhat but genuine affection remained . |
| 6 | At least there was room on the floor of the gallery — which curtailed Nigel 's ‘ pacing space ’ somewhat but was counterbalanced by the advantage of more than adequate free labour for harvesting . |
| 7 | Their purpose , he concluded , was ‘ to prepare and wage aggressive wars against the Soviet Union and other socialist states , and to suppress the national liberation and revolutionary movements in countries of Africa , Asia and Latin America ’ Slobodenko ignored the fact that Soviet military facilities overseas performed ‘ a multiplicity of military functions , somewhat but not precisely paralleling similar US requirements ’ . |
| 8 | Again I do n't want to be uncharitable but Cecil Parkinson I suspect in the public view is a man somewhat but not entirely without trace . |
| 9 | Relations with New Zealand and Australia , traditionally the largest source of aid for Fiji , improved somewhat but remained strained . |
| 10 | Gets a bit of sea-gusting somewhat but a lot of good land on Holland . |
| 11 | ‘ He never sang solo but I 'm sure David was not one of those duty bound to mime , ’ says Mildenhall . |
| 12 | He tried to go solo but was quickly apprehended and subsequently jailed . |
| 13 | The six competitors sat at the tea tables , together but strangely separate — each gazing at her hands or off into the distance , and never at one another . |
| 14 | At Bridgend he looked in despair , and he almost admitted as much : ‘ I hope we can pull it together but sometimes I have my doubts . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ He discoursed about his understanding of the Church and he said that we had to hold the high and the low together but for his part his sympathies were with the high . |
| 16 | Michael sniggered behind Moran as soon as they were on the road together but it drew such a quelling look from Maggie that he went quiet . |
| 17 | A young couple and the wife 's parents bought a house together but only the younger couple were registered as owners . |
| 18 | Jokes and laughter can be a wonderful way of bringing people together but Gowie 's so-called jokes are the sort that cause only anger and unhappiness and make everyone despise him . |
| 19 | Those who have worked harder at their relationship , allowing it to change and develop ( or perhaps those who are luckier — whichever way one chooses to look at it ) may be content together but external relationships will still change . |
| 20 | The Leader , following in the track of the horses , went some paces ahead scanning the forest on either side ; behind him followed Hugh , walking close by Marian 's side ; still further back , together but with the width of the track between them , were Michael and the thin man ; and bringing up the rear was Crane , the young man who had run after the horses . |
| 21 | ‘ I was wrong ’ are the three hardest words in English to put together but they raise no barriers . |
| 22 | It would take longer to put together but it would endure . ’ |
| 23 | It 's all about getting a really good structured song together but still putting something in there to get you a hook , whether it be a strange noise or whatever . |
| 24 | ‘ They had been living together but she said she was leaving him , ’ said Mr Ben Hemo . |
| 25 | Instead they agreed to stay together but would not sleep with each other . |
| 26 | ‘ We are trying to pull things together but certain things trigger it all off again , ’ said Robert . |
| 27 | John tried to hold the family together but it knocked everyone back . ’ |
| 28 | Jade however consists of a tangled mass of needle crystals , tightly packed together but with poor adhesion at the interfaces and might be regarded as an inorganic equivalent to a briar pipe or a bamboo root . |
| 29 | ‘ He and I are always spending time together but we are not romantically inclined , ’ she said . |
| 30 | They began their Springbok lives together but both reject suggestions that they plan to bow out at Twickenham . |