Example sentences of "[adv] but [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Got up like a tart with her new frocks and her jewellery and all that muck on her face , and not a bleeding thing to do all day long but watch that colour telly and ring up her pals . |
| 2 | I think , I think we need a meeting to get it laid down , we need a meeting to clear the air or not clear the air necessarily but get some definitions some definitions down yeah ? |
| 3 | Panorama ( BBC-1 , Monday , 9.30pm ) asks : Should the taxpayer foot the bill for thousands of single mothers like these , who live alone but have several babies and expect the State to pay for them ? |
| 4 | PANORAMA ( BBC1 9.30pm ) asks : Should the taxpayer foot the bill for the thousands of single mothers who live alone but have several babies and expect the State to pay for them ? |
| 5 | Sufferers are agitated and resist contact with others , some pace up and down by their work , others keep away but take frequent peeks . |
| 6 | Patients with spinal lesions above T5 are unable to contract their abdominal muscles voluntarily but generate abdominal pressure by intercostal and diaphragmatic contraction . |
| 7 | The world is now full of literary critics , some held to be important , who do nothing else but write literary criticism , and they all work in universities . |
| 8 | Choate shows up the hypocrisy of former Administration members who oppose the Japanese publicly but take large fees for acting for them behind the scenes . |