Example sentences of "but [adj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the women exclaimed at the sight of the red , pink and white azaleas massed on the steps , but each thought privately that only she could appreciate the true beauty and significance of the flowers — Sophia feeling that here was the essence of the Italy she knew and loved , Penelope experiencing a lift of the heart as if the flowers held a promise of future romantic adventures , Ianthe knowing as she looked at the flower what she had only suspected before — that she was in love with John . |
| 2 | There are many groups dealing with standardisation , but each deals only in a specific area . |
| 3 | The books are quite short ( about 40,000 words , less than a quarter of the text of this present volume ) , but each has about 150 drawings and pictures . |
| 4 | Of the other main contenders , Wasps got the better of Harlequins in their league opener , but neither looks sharp enough to worry Bath this year . |
| 5 | The Bax and Bantock have been reissued more than once on LP , but neither has ever sounded so well as on the present reissue . |
| 6 | Rhythmic impetus was surprisingly low , given the presence of Tom Bancroft on drums and Josefino Cupido on percussion , but that improved notably after the interval on two extended ( if often rather directionless ) pieces which juxtaposed to good effect the four-horn front-line of John Longbotham on alto and Russell Cowieson on tenor saxophone , Robert Henderson on trumpet , and John Kenny on trombone , with Lindsay Cooper switching from bass to tuba , and Wells from keyboard to bass guitar . |
| 7 | But that helps just to talk to someone who knows what your going through , but , when all 's said and done , I think it 's down to yourself , really . |
| 8 | I I I 've already said that I do n't accept that er the French are unlikely to ratify er I think rather the contrary but that remains finally for them er and not for me . |
| 9 | They were brought in after being taken from a village near Mostar They were originally to have been helicoptered out but that became too dangerous for the volunteer pilots . |
| 10 | But that feels just a little too close for comfort to the flesh of a ben Issachar , and anyway , I 'm not sure that the Hebrew inscription engraved upon it would be terribly good for my already wobbly morale . |
| 11 | The Environment Secretary , Chris Patten , has set a figure of just below three hundred million pounds as his own suggestion of what the Council should be spending next year , but that falls well below the figures calculated by the ruling Labour and Democrat Coalition . |
| 12 | Overall , the results suggest that even for this client group ( who are traditionally the most difficult to place ) small staffed homes can provide improved client experience as measured by engagement in meaningful activity ; but that to do so requires attention to the quality of staff performance as well as to basic material and social resources . |
| 13 | In terms of client activity patterns , the overall results suggest that even for people who , in addition to their severe or profound learning disability , have very serious challenging behaviour , small staffed homes can provide improved client experience as measured by engagement in meaningful activity ; but that to do so requires attention to the quality of staff performance as well as to basic material and social resources . |
| 14 | He was predictable but that contrasted happily with Edward 's slippery shifts of mood , and there was nothing abstract about either his neighbourliness or his politics . |
| 15 | It was said when he first arrived at Wigan that he had a great act to follow after Lowe but that becomes even more relevant this time for fellow Aussie John Dorahy who takes over the reins . |
| 16 | But that sounds rather grand , and the reality is rather different . |
| 17 | He did n't often actually handle a painting , but that mattered little to him . |
| 18 | But that had just been the beginning of the turmoil . |
| 19 | Kenny Doyle , the twenty-eight-year-old barman at the Rollercoaster , knew her real age but that had never stopped him from serving her a drink . |
| 20 | But that had never happened . |
| 21 | Before that , Rachel had simply been my younger sister ; prettier , brighter and sweeter than me , but that had never really bothered me until that moment , when I realised that Jacob obviously loved her far more than he would ever love me . |
| 22 | But that had all been in the future that morning . |
| 23 | He had convened a pan-African conference in Kumasi in 1953 but that had necessarily been limited to consultation . |
| 24 | Anthony had once seemed to want her badly , but that had hardly lasted even through their honeymoon , and he seemed to have seized on any excuse since Flavia 's death to avoid sharing her bed . |
| 25 | When she had left Madam Lundy 's presence earlier she had been shivering with reaction , but that had now passed , leaving her calm , her options clear . |
| 26 | In fact , his parents had both been excruciatingly polite to her , but that had only made it even more obvious that she was n't the kind of wife they wanted for their clever , ambitious son . |
| 27 | But that took about two years by the time , I purposely started smoking to keep it down . |
| 28 | I had action very quickly on the cat rods in the margin on arrival but that died very quickly . |
| 29 | In fact there were only four , but that looked quite enough for the two dare-devils who 'd volunteered to take part . |
| 30 | But that happens all over . |