Example sentences of "but [adv] [adv] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They know their stuff inside out , but most importantly they also look like they are having a whale of a time . |
| 2 | It was probably frightening , but right now she only felt weak and tired , grateful that somebody was taking charge . |
| 3 | I was very reasonable , I looked up at him and appealed , but once again it just frightened him . |
| 4 | It bought trophies but more importantly it also provided two new sets of boccia balls . |
| 5 | Meandering roads , cul-de-sacs and dead ends are of course popular with traffic engineers but nearly always they simply increase our car dependence , lengthen walking distances and make it too difficult for buses to circulate . |
| 6 | but well sometimes we still do but sometimes we have something else instead do n't we ? |
| 7 | The answer is probably somewhere in-between , with a subconscious bias towards the latter ; but even then we instinctively adjust our standards to a mean recording norm — ‘ One can only expect so much ! ’ |
| 8 | Everyone knows Mr Baker has edited the Faber Book of English History in Verse , and included some lines from Henry V , but even there he never got to that particular bit . |
| 9 | That was bad enough but quite often they also took bribes directly from the people . |
| 10 | need to know , need to know , I do n't know mum , I could n't tell you just erm stick it on before you go to bed just give it a bit of time to take the chill of it , alright , bye You can if you wish discard everything that 's just been said I mean my mother 's trying to book my holiday which does n't surprise me , , but then again she usually tries to anyway , where you going ? , what you doing ? , who you going with ? right , I shall tell you now the exam questions shall I ? , what do you want to know ? |