Example sentences of "but [adv] [verb] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was very warm for Kirkistown and I lost concentration half way through , but luckily got it back together before the end . ’ |
| 2 | It was very warm for Kirkistown and I lost concentration half way through , but luckily got it back together before the end . ’ |
| 3 | My difficulty , however , is not just to show you that this is the case but rather to show you just what is the case ! |
| 4 | These loops have a mind of their own , seldom , if ever , appearing on the side seam under the arm , but rather placing themselves right in the middle of the front of a garment ! |
| 5 | He was slightly perturbed by this but eventually found it very funny because rehearsals became very convivial . |
| 6 | Most parents can identify the first phase of interaction with their child , that is they can see what the child is doing that is irritating and they see how they react , but rarely do they then follow through the interaction to see what happens at the end . |
| 7 | ‘ He set off with them , but so did I. Now we 're both back . |
| 8 | Briefly , he raised the blaster , but swiftly lowered it again . |
| 9 | This time he did n't throw her down with a fury but gently laid her down among the downy pillows and started to strip off his shirt . |
| 10 | It must be pointed out , however , that the defender 's outstretched arm tries , not to block the punch , but merely to guide it away by utilizing the turning stance , thus changing her front stance to a side stance . |
| 11 | That he had not destroyed the books , but merely locked them away , was testament to some ambiguity in him , however . |
| 12 | The rituals are repeated , the mephitic river risked , but only to find it finally uninspired . |
| 13 | Stylishly made but inherently daft , unlike the other ghost movies Flatliners does tackle the unpaid debts of the past , but only to write them off in the most superficial way . |
| 14 | The holder can not cash the cheque , but only pay it in to a bank account , or savings bank , or assign it to a third party . |
| 15 | Faced with the need to take some action , and willing to restrict the death penalty but not to abandon it completely , a classic step on the road to abolition , the Government turned again to the idea of categorizing murders which the Labour Government had attempted , fruitlessly , as a way out of a previous Parliamentary impasse in 1948 . |
| 16 | At one time it seemed that the best approach to the problem would be to reduce the level of lead in petrol , but not to eliminate it altogether . |
| 17 | Yes , I think that everybody recognizes that you should use the medicine that the doctor prescribes in the way he prescribes it and when you 've finished the treatment you should put it down the lavatory or get rid of it in some other safe way , but not keep it so that you can try it yourself again a bit later on and perhaps get confused and when you 've got boils on your neck take something which was meant for ingrowing toe nails or something like that . |
| 18 | The regime 's press and propaganda machine presented the issue as a triumph for the Caudillo , who , according to the officially manufactured version , had preserved Spain 's freedom of action by agreeing to reduce exports to Germany , but not to stop them altogether , and had made two major powers negotiate with , rather than dictate to , him . |
| 19 | But not to use it then ? |
| 20 | I did break the rules and go over and cuddle her in her cot , but not pick her up out of it . |
| 21 | One of the tarts might do later on but not to settle him in . |
| 22 | What she said she did with her tutors at crisis times was not deliberately engineer tears , which is quite a difficult thing to do , but not hold them back . |
| 23 | The third time she went she got Debbie to come to the door but not to let her in . |
| 24 | His immediate concern is to get them to help themselves but not to do it so successfully that the state will throw in its hand altogether . |
| 25 | A long and inconclusive stand-off in the Middle East , when oil prices could probably edge down from their recent $28-odd a barrel , would string out the recession but not deepen it greatly . |
| 26 | I 'm always glad to erm , have somebody use another pair of eyes for me , but not to tell me when to change up or down , |
| 27 | Still holding the jug by the handle but not lifting it yet , she said , ‘ I have never been able to understand why small children are so disgusting . |
| 28 | De-ionised water must be mixed with raw tapwater , reducing the hardness , but not eliminating it completely . |
| 29 | Yeah but fucking open it up kids will be coming |
| 30 | They did n't care how I did it , but just kill him off . ’ |