Example sentences of "but [adv] [v-ing] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But basically turning to the Selby situation erm I mean here here we have a district that does n't have any areas of acknowledged national or landscape im importance at all but as as I mentioned previously that 's not to say that there are n't valuable areas of countryside within the district and areas which to use use the words of of P P G advice are valued by the people that live and and work in the district and and also by visitors . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't speak to me in that tone ! ’ protested his wife , but nevertheless responding to the pressure of his hand in her back . |
| 3 | They also tend to ‘ use up ’ remedies quickly which may need repeating several times an hour at first but always according to the changes in the symptom picture . |
| 4 | Far better to change eating habits so that a sensible pattern is established , easing up when a satisfactory weight is reached , but still keeping to the same ‘ right ’ kind of foods . |
| 5 | How far local authorities , via their central training departments or LGTBs or any similar groups , can be of value , will obviously vary according to what is on offer , but also according to the facilities that the library department is able to take up . |
| 6 | Catalysts convert carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide , which is less toxic , but equally polluting to the environment . |
| 7 | First take-offs are a bit hairy , and despite the instructor 's words of caution everyone ends up running behind a wildly-accelerating aircraft gently but surely swerving to the left . |
| 8 | ( According to the so-called " linking rule " , a spell of employment lasting less than this time is considered an interruption to a single spell of unemployment , whilst a spell of employment lasting longer than this but then coming to an end opens up a new spell of unemployment . ) |
| 9 | Heseltine aides feared most what , in the event , actually happened : that he would play the stalking horse role — forcing the resignation of Mrs Thatcher but ultimately losing to a third candidate . |
| 10 | This was in a line with Halling Man on the old river bank , but sadly owing to the urgency of the work the remains were buried under the pylon . |