Example sentences of "[adj] but [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had tried to remain calm but still seethed with fury at Maude 's continued intransigence in the face of his pleadings and questions : her only answer would be to bite her lip , shake her head and turn away in floods of tears . |
| 2 | At this time her intravenous infusion was removed and she seemed more relaxed but still complained of pain from her wound . |
| 3 | Now the reason for the five thousand reduction there is that there is traffic or there was traffic that previously er came up the A sixty one but then went along Follyfoot Road which is the road you 'll see on the plan which parallels the southern bypass , and that is why up that very short section er there was this reduction er which was heading for points to the east , which clearly went on then to the southern bypass . |
| 4 | The suggestion was that the people of the area were outwardly smart but inwardly seared with pain : bleeding inside . |
| 5 | These incentives had been suspended before Collor took office in March 1990 but reportedly reactivated in January 1991 . |