Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's being very brave but he did adore her , you know . ’ |
| 2 | The fee for performing at Yeovilton was not high but they did offer free fuel . |
| 3 | The revolution at Northampton may have been different but it did have uncanny echoes of what had gone on at Neath . |
| 4 | And , under not a dish but his pillow , folded into his pyjamas : ‘ How 's the bite Bob , sorry but you did ask for it sweetie . ’ |
| 5 | As their only match preparation for the Test , it was patently inadequate but it did alert them to the vast difference between the cricketing conditions and environment in the Caribbean and those in Australia and New Zealand where they had performed so impressively in gaining the semi-finals of the World Cup . |
| 6 | We fixed it up as well as we could — which was n't well but it did give us both somewhere to live away from our parents , a first real taste of independence . |
| 7 | Willy De Roose may have struck a lucky year enabling him to make the voyage from the Atlantic to the Pacific without having to winter in the Arctic but he did do an enormous amount of preparation and historical reading beforehand for his planning of the voyage so that he was able to snatch opportunities whenever they came . |
| 8 | It was an attempt at prohibition that was never wholly successful but it did set an example . |
| 9 | The Location of Offices Bureau showed the way in South-East England ; distances moved from central London were often modest but they did have the effect of prising population outward . |
| 10 | If your joints are good , no cramping is necessary but I did put a couple of webbing cramps on my chair just to be on the safe side . |
| 11 | Perhaps a little too active but he did achieve his goal ! |
| 12 | I can not truthfully say that my work experience directly influenced my ambitions career wise but it did show me that the music business is not about ‘ Top of the Pops ’ but about a day 's work to be proud of . |