Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [adv] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mm yeah , very good bit confusing sometimes but . |
| 2 | ‘ I was a bit nervous beforehand but it turned out to be very easy , ’ said Personal Account Manager Anita Cooper . |
| 3 | ‘ They hit the bar and we were a bit lucky there but we deserved a break because we fought right to the death on a very heavy pitch . ’ |
| 4 | Erm I have been a bit hoarse lately but that 's neither here nor there . |
| 5 | He would be about 16 years old then but his sources of pleasure changed little with advancing years though his opportunities became less … . |
| 6 | And my coat , my big army coat , which is forty years old now but still a good friend , and as strong as ever , became a remarkable sight . |
| 7 | ‘ Loose Ends ’ might be five years old now but it is Radio 4 's zappiest , most innovative and hippest chat show on the air . |
| 8 | A bit pricey perhaps but they 're very good value for money . |
| 9 | I found it a bit disturbing sometimes but I just had to accept it . |
| 10 | It 's a bit stiff still but I 've had the stitches out and still no pain . ’ |
| 11 | That made Jay nervous again but Peter assured him they would manage , it was dead easy , a breeze . |
| 12 | For instance , when poor forms part of an identifying phrase with liar it is natural that its notion of DEFICIENT should most readily be understood to mean a deficiency in the matter of lying ; when a speaker chooses not to use poor attributively but in the predicative construction then a natural inference is that he or she intends the notion DEFICIENT to be taken in the way more typical of human beings in general , that is referring to their material resources . |
| 13 | Like Derrida , Lecercle seeks to overthrow the hierarchy implicit here but without elevating the Remainder to a new dominant status — Langue and the Remainder are permanently and inescapably involved with one another . |
| 14 | Remind them that people who actually grow vegetables usually refer to the place where they are grown as vegetable plots , or even vegetable gardens : a bit prosaic maybe but easily understood . |
| 15 | I mean the health different completely but the rest , everybody 's incorporated , each branch to what area they are . |
| 16 | He 's a builder fair enough but nevertheless he 's doing a good job . |