Example sentences of "but they [adv] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The students not only tore down the separate ‘ Ladies ’ and ‘ Gentlemen ’ notices from the lavatories … but they even painted out the distinction between first floor and second , between second and third and so on : even purely functional classifications of space had to go , just as the watches and clocks had to be discarded in order to free time . |
| 2 | In the poetry of Mallarmé the words ‘ mean ’ what a French dictionary tells us they mean , but they also take on the private and idiosyncratic meanings that Mallarmé gives them . |
| 3 | At half-time Gloucester were only a penalty down , but they soon made up the three points and took the game with the only try . |
| 4 | ‘ But they always end up the same — I see that terrible expression on Len 's face as he fell — then I hear the thud as he hits the floor — then I wake up in a cold sweat . |
| 5 | Attrition is low , and they do n't want to stop recruiting , but they certainly slowed down the intake . |