Example sentences of "but [adv] [adv] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes were as golden as a hawk 's , but so still and intent they awed her faintly . |
| 2 | This department was responsible for the eventual establishment of school clinics throughout the country , but only slowly and after considerable controversy . |
| 3 | She can hold a spoon and feed herself but only slowly and with spillage . |
| 4 | If Patrick was sent back to the hospital he might be temporarily revived , but only briefly and perhaps in some damaged state . |
| 5 | Such cultures would encourage citizens to participate in the political process , but only occasionally and within the limited rules of the democratic game . |
| 6 | He might not ride winners these days , but just now and then all the disappointment of his life in racing was forgotten for one sweet moment . |
| 7 | It can be rather tricky to install correctly , but once up and running , it 's a straightforward' serious image editor . |
| 8 | In fact , the next year , 1984 , was to be a memorable one in motor racing , distinguished by an extraordinary battle fought by the two men with all the means at their disposal , but always honestly and intelligently , on the circuit . |
| 9 | Er , er yeah , but always there and Matthew know , Matthew knew I was gon na be there . |
| 10 | The road along the glen is a leafy avenue for four miles to Polldubh , rising hardly at all in this distance but , after crossing the river over an exuberant cascade , climbs steadily for two more miles to a large car park at its terminus , passing a long waterslide coming down from Ben Nevis , which is unseen but directly above and 4000 feet higher . |
| 11 | It had all the greens and blues and purples of the old country but more so and the sun undoubtedly shone brighter below the Equator . |
| 12 | But early yet and a kind of hush , just scattered bodies here and there and a rag-glad snore on the floor , in the sawdust . |
| 13 | There are hedges still , but low now and neatly clipped , many of the small woods and copses have gone , and most of the trees in the hedges are the ageing survivors of enclosure planting . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , the Bölkow 207 did not bite , dropping its nose smartly but straight ahead and responding instantly to normal recovery techniques . |
| 15 | But if it is military evidences that you are pursuing , then I would leave Tarbes and go instead to the splendid castle of Montaner , a few miles to the north-west — not quite Pyrenean I will admit , but near enough and certainly good enough to be brought in here . |
| 16 | Further to compound my mystification , he does not seem to realise that according to Christian dogma , God is not only loving but also just and that He may be calling Christians to a future life which is not necessarily ‘ better ’ than the present . |
| 17 | As Ives ( 1987 ) has discussed , it is widely believed that the situation in the Himalaya will reach crisis proportions by the turn of the century , affecting not only that region but also downstream and deltaic areas that are in receipt of drainage from the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers . |
| 18 | Europeans tended to export their own familiar animals , sometimes deliberately as in the case of cattle and horses , but often accidentally and with disastrous consequences . |
| 19 | But now more and more maybe cos they 're taking early retirement or getting made redundant I mean it 's the fellers is n't it ? |
| 20 | By three o'clock , the twenty-five to thirty-foot sets were not just immense , but increasingly gnarly and hard to handle . |
| 21 | But there again and that have lived in town before |
| 22 | Floy got up , not furtively , but quite openly and naturally , so that if Balor should open his eyes it would not seem as if Floy had been trying to run away . |
| 23 | Martin moved after it , slowly at first , but then faster and faster until he was running full tilt after the intruder . |
| 24 | But then more and more come and they all started acting flash , like they owned the place and that 's when all the trouble started . |
| 25 | He could walk with the help of a nurse , but very slowly and with great difficulty , as his balance was extremely poor . |
| 26 | Not as if they were in pain but very quietly and evenly , as if out of some dreadful and hopeless despair . |
| 27 | They 've set up , increased the numbers of discs in the library in the workshop er , there 's no increasing them up here cos there 's , we need to buy a computer , but certainly up and in the workshop and in the library . |