Example sentences of "[be] [adj] but [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following four German folktales relating to this theme , as collected by the Grimm brothers in the nineteenth century , are typical but only a fraction of the many variants known . |
| 2 | I know it 's commonsense but unfortunately a lot of people still tend to leave these er objects lying about in easy reach of the young child , okay ? |
| 3 | The establishment is open but once a week at present and is then usually manned by a civilian worker . |
| 4 | Underlining this was not only a sense of what was proper but also a sense of what was politically and socially wise . |
| 5 | He was eighteen but still a lad , awkward , like his arms and legs were longer than he could cope with . |