Example sentences of "but [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | A creature twice the size and height of another will have not just twice the muscular energy but 32 times . |
2 | For Mr Wolski it had been an exciting but strange time . |
3 | But each time their music is played on BBC Radio l , they are paid about £50 — simple mathematics explains the rest ! |
4 | I have been there three times , but each time they say I must go back to the Home Office and try to get my daughter a visa for longer than a six months ' stay in Britain ; otherwise she can not be admitted to school . |
5 | We have been in Britain more than a year now , so the Home Office has extended her visa , but each time they extend it it is only by three months or six months so that she is never eligible for school . |
6 | But each time this has been tried , it comes up against the apparently irreconcilable rivalries of the three figures who have dominated the French right for the past 15 years — Jacques Chirac , Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and ( to a lesser extent ) Raymond Barre . |
7 | But each time my heart stood still , expecting to find Jordi : yet it was never he . |
8 | Twice before she reached the opposite bank Jenny missed her footing and plunged -chest-deep into the river , but each time she was able , to grasp the slippery stepping-stone and slowly haul herself up on to it . |
9 | If , for example , your boss asked you for ideas but each time you produced one he totally disagreed with it and rejected it out of hand then , assuming you found this unpleasant , your behaviour of putting forward ideas has been punished . |
10 | He tried to dig his heels into the bed of the trough in an attempt to slow down his headlong rush , but each time the soft bottom gave way and on he went . |
11 | Several times they set out to make their way across by what seemed to be a path but each time they were forced to stop . |
12 | Updates to the data are inevitable , but each time the programmer amends the data the chance of introducing unplanned consequences increases . |
13 | Updates to the program instructions and data are inevitable , but each time an amendment is made the chances of introducing unplanned consequences increase . |
14 | The fish have bred a few times but each time the fry have died . |
15 | George had been tried out in a variety of parts , but each time he stepped on the stage he would stand with his legs and arms splayed out and drone monotonously . |
16 | ‘ But in his last over , he had the guts to bowl really fast and he should have had Allan Lamb caught three times but each time their 'keeper dropped it . |
17 | As they watched , they saw Derek more than once attempt to continue towards the entrance , but each time the man closed up on him again . |
18 | This other emerged only now and then , but each time it was unexpected and frightening . |
19 | But each time they were pegged back by United substitute Ward , who had not scored in 21 previous outings this season . |
20 | Application of duration measurements to discrete behaviours is most appropriate where the behaviour in question happens relatively rarely , but each time lasts for several hours . |
21 | Not on the odd occasion , but each time they took this fit . |
22 | Boro took the lead three times through Alan Kernaghan , Tommy Wright and Willie Falconer but each time were hauled back through Les Ferdinand , Gary Penrice and Sinton 's first-ever penalty for Rangers . |
23 | He admitted : ‘ There were enquiries about Hughes , but each time I said ‘ No deal ’ . |
24 | Little Billy was running with the speed of an arrow , but each time he glanced back over his shoulder the puffs of orange-red smoky-breath had gotten closer . |
25 | There may well be a modest marble tombstone for Mr Dowd somewhere in Saratoga Springs ; but each time the television continuity announcer advertises a forthcoming programme as showing at ‘ 9 pm Eastern , 8 Central and Mountain ’ then one might say of the late Professor , si monumentum requiris , circumspice . |
26 | She was desperate to get out , but each time she tested her sprain it told her not yet . |
27 | Any character may take this item , but each time it is used ( not just when it is worn ! ) , the wearer must make a successful WP test or suffer from despair for D10 turns . |
28 | Wayne Thomas , 19 , appeared before magistrates on four occasions — but each time they agreed to defence applications to allow him bail . |
29 | I asked them who this mythical creature was , but each time they just said , " You 'll see when you meet him . " |
30 | would you please make sure that all through these practices that you deal with different people all the time cos in the exam and for real afterwards you 'll have to bandage all different shape people and if you just get , work in pairs you do n't get that sort of practice , by all means start of with somebody next door to you but each time you do one go across the room and find somebody you have n't done before . |