Example sentences of "[noun] but [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice the output rises sharply when the echo returns from the nearest point on the planet but dies away slowly as echoes arrive from surrounding regions of the planet 's surface . |
| 2 | They needed no second bidding but rode as fast as they could , not pausing until they thundered through the half-open gate of Godstowe Priory , putting the porter into such serious agitation he appeared almost sober for once . |
| 3 | Bottom-placed Barrow came from 14-0 down after 10 minutes to level 24-24 at Bradford but finished as badly as they had started , leaking a further 12 points in the final 14 minutes . |
| 4 | Losing was one thing but to lose as spinelessly as the Welsh XV did to Bridgend on Saturday was to add insult to severely injured pride . |
| 5 | And , in the Franks Report on ministerial handling of the conflict , we have an archive which not only shortens dramatically the interval before the normal release of classified information but goes considerably further than any disclosures at the end of the statutory thirty years in the amount of intelligence material displayed . |
| 6 | Take stairs rather than lifts or escalators ; do not trudge up them as if you were mounting Everest but go as briskly as you can . |