Example sentences of "but do [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Double-handed weapons , such as used by the Greatswords , are brilliant for dealing death but do rather suffer from having to go last in the close combat .
2 But do not make one without the advice of a solicitor .
3 But do not pretend that people become great by doing great things .
4 And I think you find it goes beyond drama school , in say a company like the RSC , where we have the top person in voice but do not have the equal in physical advice and guidance .
5 But do not fetishize the object either .
6 Do not prolong it beyond its allotted span , he wrote , but do not terminate it before its allotted span .
7 In Britain , Courage brew Miller Lite under licence but do not have to reveal the ingredients .
8 Use any area of lift but do not drift away from the chosen field .
9 Carry your forward guard well out from the body but do not allow it to cross your own centre-line .
10 The ‘ appearance ’ is of the wall stopping just as it reaches the board ; but do not the input systems deliver up the information that the wall continues behind the occluder ?
11 Lower your body to the floor but do not touch it , and repeat .
12 ( You may hook your toes under a chair if you like , but do not link your fingers behind your head as this puts strain on your neck . )
13 Stretching and contraction should be felt in the back , but do not rock or jerk .
14 The first is to try to achieve a combination in which the tones of the different parts of the design are sufficiently distinct to read clearly one from another but do not display too violent tonal contrasts , unless a particularly dramatic effect is part of your aim !
15 Some people feel their home is too big for one or two , but do not wish to move .
16 The new contracts may improve accounting procedures , but do not appear to offer more choice to either doctors or consumers , who will be bound by contractual arrangements , which the government recommends should be on a three-year rolling basis .
17 Some samplers possess a simple low-pass filter rolling off at about 16kHz , but do not remove enough of the signal above 20kHz to allow a sample rate of 40kHz .
18 All these incinerators offer what is called ‘ merchant capacity ’ — they sell their facilities to dispose of other people 's waste , but do not produce the waste themselves .
19 Talk , scream , walk out of the room , send the child out of the room — but do not smack .
20 The message from brokers is apply for shares , but do not look to hold them for the long term .
21 The World Index Trust is designed for investors who want to be able to move between overseas markets but do not want to choose particular stocks to buy .
22 I have a car badge belonging to the 159 Motor Club but do not know what the club is , or was , and have been unable to find out .
23 If it is daytime try reading a book , talking , playing cards , etc. but do not nap .
24 Drain the excess water in a cloth but do not re-wash .
25 But do not be dazzled by the free pens , badges , money boxes and radios .
26 But do not be dazzled by the free pens , badges , money boxes and radios .
27 But do not be dazzled by the free pens , badges , money boxes and radios .
28 This will apply where at least two of the firms earn £170million or more of that turnover in the EC but do not earn more than two-thirds of their total turnover in a single EC country .
29 Still , Spouse is taking the children to Kirkwhinnie for Hogmanay where they can wallow in Aunt Elspeth 's Home Made everything whilst I … but do not permit myself to imagine naughty idyll at Porritt Gardens .
30 This may take several minutes , but do not be impatient otherwise the sauce will be pale and uninteresting instead of a rich dark brown colour .
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