Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [adv] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Kinvig v Holland Hannen & Cubbitts [ 1977 ] CLY 373 an interesting situation arose because the plaintiff failed to beat a payment in but had his damages increased on appeal , although still not so as to bear the amount that the defendant had paid into court . |
| 2 | It can afford to be a bit later but I do n't se , I do n't see that the |
| 3 | But if , if our fee bids , that have been going in so far , are there or thereabouts and having monitored reports for quite a while , tendencies and yes some are under and some are a bit over but in general they 're not th they 're not that far out . |
| 4 | You could use a chronic adulter to actually write it a bit easier but er I did n't know about that when I wrote these slides many many years ago and it 's carried on since . |
| 5 | But apparently they know that I 'm really forward which is absolute , actually not very true cos Ed said that I was quite forward and he , I was only forward with him because the person I got off with just before him was bloody forward and it made me a bit forward but I calmed down after that , you know ? |
| 6 | Well that will seem to me to be a bit more but obviously it 's up to you but it may not quite work out as neatly as erm but you may well like to think about the role of women as perceived , the way they treat men and relationships . |
| 7 | I was gon na say as I recollect I did n't see much wrong with it that I would disagree with erm I think it 's nice to see , you know , sort of progress seems to be going on and erm er what I would say is sort of it might be a good idea to sort of line the numbers up a bit more but erm |
| 8 | And er quarter to eight er quarter to nine in the morning , all the commuters are running around half asleep , wish they 'd got up a bit earlier but they did n't . |
| 9 | That 's the one paper that is a bit er maybe a bit so but th I 'll have to check with the N R A because of course er , the river |
| 10 | It may have started a bit playfully but I thought it got out of hand . |
| 11 | And they said May which we thought was it a bit really but they said it had the the Spring wood but not the Summer wood on it . |
| 12 | Well I was I was me leg for a bit too But I went up to Monklands and |
| 13 | Er , I thought personally that was a bit too but I 'm forever trying to organize |
| 14 | I 'm a bit better but I 've had to get out this morning to let June stay in ! |
| 15 | It was very good actually , the weather could have been a bit better but erm thanks very much for arranging it , it went very well . |
| 16 | I thought it would 've been a bit better but I did enjoy it , I did enjoy it . |
| 17 | ‘ Part of a building ’ will include entering a building lawfully but then going into a part of the building as a trespasser , such as entering the private quarters in a public house which was entered lawfully in the first instance or going behind an unattended counter in a shop . |
| 18 | She 's a miss really but she just she said to me she was miss , but she might have said ms , you know ? |
| 19 | She 'd say they 've just had a restaurant there , that would n't be so bad as a take away But getting back to the finances , I mean the Two Hundred Club over the years it has been in operation , I mean with what it gets this , what they get this year , supposing it 's not a thousand , supposing eight hundred , it might even be about eight thousand might n't it ? |
| 20 | When the game was adjourned after 60 moves and six hours play , he was still a pawn behind but is now within sight of salvaging a draw . |
| 21 | It 's just that I sometimes think oh I 'd love to have a change round but |
| 22 | It do n't matter I mean it 's a change anyway but |
| 23 | He has a cough too but the school has no medicine . |
| 24 | And what we noticed , is , we 've got a spring there but what and there 's been a trail of coal right up our |
| 25 | Have a gap there but I mean whereas at the moment it 's like that , not to that . |
| 26 | It wo n't happen until you 've done a term here but it will be within the year . |
| 27 | ‘ There has always been a monastery here but , in ancient times , when the meadows were flooded you had to use secret routes and pathways to reach it . |
| 28 | They 've tried to put a plaque there but it gets stolen . |
| 29 | I told you I was learning the language — she 's really very sweet and not a stitch on but as I said no need to worry , angel , riddled with diseases I 'm sure , apart from anything else , I mean . |
| 30 | I yelled … it came out as a croak only but it was a yell in my mind … |