Example sentences of "but [adv] the whole " in BNC.

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1 If he shared it with someone there was no sign of the other man ; but perhaps the whole place was rented furnished and what Coffin could see , heavy leather sofas and hunting prints , was some third party 's scheme of decoration .
2 She had taken his intervention at face value , but perhaps the whole incident had been planned , deliberately , as a way to inveigle himself into her good books .
3 But already the whole scheme was looking increasingly doubtful .
4 I mean you get a bus coming as far as Road and back I do n't suppose it has half a dozen folks on what 's this thing coming up here , nobody I 'd er I 've walked into Walsall all my life and but gradually the whole thing changes does n't it , and then the thing gets off as far as West Bromwich , and in , then , then there 's through traffic and then how far and the Green 's not big enough to take the turn around up Road then they change the direction , and it 's all done on bit by bit by bit and so Green 's got eroded it 's er
5 But also the whole agenda of maternity and child welfare and its subsequent implementation was promoted by the guild .
6 The feminist challenge threatens to upset not only existing assumptions and findings but also the whole way in which knowledge is produced and valued .
7 De Castelnau 's snap decision was one that in its fateful implications would affect not merely the course of the Battle of Verdun , or even of the war itself , but also the whole stream of subsequent French history .
8 But now the whole team were keenly focused on the game .
9 But now the whole heath spreads
10 Berry , Buck , Miles and Stipe exchanged instruments for parts of ‘ Green ’ , but here the whole writing , rehearsal and recording process sees them taking on new roles within their democracy .
11 But sometimes the whole piece is entirely delightful , and if the person who now runs the Royal Palace at Turin would care to send over to me one of the two stools called Item 55 in the catalogue as a present , I would be very happy .
12 But then the whole encounter had been a little surprising .
13 Ah well sure but then the whole lot goes , but , but , but , but , but this was , this was the document , I mean the way this was put forward , this is going to last us through into the foreseeable future .
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