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Example sentences for "but all the same"

  • Oh, of course I was too good and unselfish to say so, but all the same I must be miserably dull.

  • I think you are far too superior a person to be afraid of a little solitude; strong-minded people like you are generally fond of their own society; but all the same I hope you do not mean to be quite a recluse.

  • But all the same I could not help wondering, as I parted from Max, what could have made Mr. Hamilton so strangely silent.

  • A miracle only could have saved her; but all the same it was impossible to go away and leave them.

  • But all the same, it gave her pause when some one to whom she was introduced spoke to her of her friends the Maverings, as if they were friends of the oldest standing instead of acquaintances of very recent accident.

  • But all the same it was plain that the clergyman had fallen short of what was expected of him upon this occasion.

  • But all the same; there are twelve mares up on the hill which we haven't yet shared among us; if you choose to take them for your share, you're quite welcome.

  • He had a most proprietary manner, but all the same, that little witch is quite capable of scooting off like that, just to tease me.

  • But all the same, I'm not going to get engaged yet!

  • But all the same, Mr. Kit, you can't get one off on me!

  • But all the same, we're in our own battle-line again.

  • But all the same I was skating on thin ice.

  • I had made this very clear to him at Lisbon and he had agreed, but all the same it was a beastly reflection.

  • It was partly screened by the branches, but all the same it was piling itself up deep everywhere.

  • But all the same we HAVE the Iliad,--it cannot be taken from us by any amount of argument, .

  • I did not at all like the idea of walking the half-mile to the place after dark, but all the same I felt fairly safe, as one of my men carried a bright lamp close behind me.

  • For this somewhat arbitrary proceeding I was mildly called over the coals, as I expected; but all the same it effectually stamped out the plague, which did not reappear during the time I was in the country.

  • But all the same I must give a good look in the morning before we make another start," was the reply Frank returned.

  • But all the same I guess it would be better for us to keep a little higher after this.

  • In his palmy baseball days Andy had never amounted to a great deal as a pitcher; but all the same he made a beautiful throw right then and there.

  • Sure," laughed his cousin, "but all the same I fail to hear any bang.

  • But all the same," she added aloud, "he is young and ought to laugh.

  • I suppose that even in bringing New France so near to destruction He is acting in loving mercy; but all the same it will be a wrench to me if these English pass without paying us the honour of a siege.

  • But all the same it breaks the back, this suspense," declared La Marmite.

  • Yes, and his is evidently the hand which has committed a score of outrages, but all the same we must act as if we were the officers of the law: seize, bind, and hand him over to justice unhurt.

  • Course, though, I don't believe that for a minute; but all the same it's a queer noise.

  • Lots could be done in that time," asserted Phil; "but all the same I am bothered to know why they'd be in such a rattling big hurry.

  • But all the same, it was incomprehensible.

  • But all the same, it does religion no good for people to see the reverend Fathers keeping shops like us tradesmen.

  • But all the same I am making progress, am I not?

  • But all the same," continued Majeste, "I ask you if it is proper.

  • We could see nothing, hear no other sound, but all the same we could tell that a large boat of some kind was being pulled in the same direction as that which we had taken.

  • But all the same he spoke in a low voice that could only be heard by our companion who held the lines.

  • But all the same," she repeated obstinately, "but all the same he would have liked you better if you had been a beetle!

  • She's a smart girl with plenty of pluck, but all the same I am going to make use of her.

  • But all the same he could see that Van Sneck was far from easy in his mind.

  • He had no warrant, he said, but all the same he would have to trouble Mr. Merritt to accompany him to Moreton Wells.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    but especially; but few; but having; but her; but his blood will; but let; but many; but more; but most; but neither; but nothing; but once; but she was not; but suddenly; but they were all; but those; but when; but when they were; but which; but why; but you; butter them; buttered gridiron; buttered paper; butyric acid; man whose name was