Example sentences of "was [adj] but [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wanted something that was melodic but yet did n't sound like any conventional grouping of instruments . |
| 2 | They were quite far apart , it was light but still felt enclosed : you could look up and see the high tops of the pines swaying in a wind that you could n't feel down on the ground . |
| 3 | Reza Shah was literate but scarcely educated . |
| 4 | It was the first time in my life I had experienced anything like this and was nervous but deeply honoured . |
| 5 | I I heard the other day what I thought was one of the best advertisements not to have an animal for Christmas very emotive , er I think it was for the R S P C A , and I I 'm told I do n't think you 've heard it but it b basically it 's it 's er the sound of a er well it 's a human pretending to be a dog really and saying you know , Well this is nice my my er family have taken me to the vet , I did n't think I was ill but never mind . |
| 6 | Equipment was conventional but well maintained . |
| 7 | All three studies confirmed the Best and Gemberling ( 1977 ) effect when the exposure duration was brief but also found that more prolonged initial exposure generated latent inhibition both when the exposure-conditioning interval was short ( 3–4 h ) and when it was long ( 24 h or more ) . |
| 8 | His voice was soft but still held authority . |
| 9 | Habermas 's theory involves a reflexive moment that was present but unsatisfactorily worked out in the earlier versions of critical theory . |
| 10 | He had been experimenting with dental floss , which was multi-stranded but then broke when rubbed against rocks or weeds . |
| 11 | Radicalism can and should offer an alternative formulation which is positive , which makes it possible not just to see that one 's previous knowledge was incorrect but also to understand more about the world . |
| 12 | Emily was reluctant but finally relented , agreeing to make a five-minute detour . |
| 13 | I was startled but merely replied , ‘ You know my views . |
| 14 | The apartment maintained by Ladram Avionics on Park Avenue was small but comfortably fitted out in contemporary style . |
| 15 | Her room was small but nicely furnished , and she smiled at the sight of a posy of flowers in a vase on the dressing-table . |
| 16 | This , too , was small but nicely furnished and comfortable-looking . |
| 17 | It was small but perfectly formed , as Dudley Moore is fond of saying of himself . |
| 18 | With Bacon , Minton was familiar but never close . |
| 19 | The woman was uninjured but extremely upset . |
| 20 | oh well I thought it was green but never mind |
| 21 | The responding smile was well-meant but understandably limp . |
| 22 | If Philip Leapor had earlier been hostile to his daughter 's poetry fearing it was unprofitable but then left her at liberty , it was probably because she had convinced him that she could earn money with her pen . |