Example sentences of "but [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 75th minute Whitton had his big chance of glory — but wasted it . |
| 2 | He admitted that they were from Camilla but passed them off as a simple gesture of friendship . |
| 3 | By February 1916 pressure was mounting again , and resolutions calling for compulsory national service were flowing in ; the Executive refused to debate them , but passed them on to Law nevertheless . |
| 4 | We promised to keep in touch with her , but asked her not to communicate directly with our new daughter as she grew up , feeling instinctively that a child ca n't cope with having two mothers at once ! |
| 5 | He did n't look around when she came in , but asked her over the sizzling of bacon whether she wanted anything to drink . |
| 6 | Again answering no , I apologised but asked them to tell me what objection they had . |
| 7 | ‘ So then I had an idea that if I went to a composer who wrote very tuneful music , but asked him to work electronically rather than with instruments , I might end up with what I wanted , which was music the ear could relate to , rather than musique concrète which was the other sort of electronic music being done at the time . |
| 8 | Now this short note cruelly dashed his hopes : the mysterious writer apologised for not meeting him but asked him to wait amongst the ancient ruins to the north-west of the Tower . |
| 9 | Surprisingly , Franco did not make an example of him as he had done in previous such instances of " insubordination " , but appointed him as Ambassador to the Holy See . |
| 10 | Jack dropped a couple of shots with poor putts but got them both back with a superb eagle at the sixteenth — an uphill par five with a difficult green , long and narrow and well protected with bunkers . |
| 11 | She tried to recall his face , but got it mixed up with the actor , Edward James Olmos . |
| 12 | I could lend it to you but got it at the moment you know . |
| 13 | We went on airways , which was less interesting in terms of things to see but got us safety to Biarritz . |
| 14 | ‘ She 's taken the money , but got us nothing to eat at all ! ’ |
| 15 | Sir Geoffrey Howe , leader of the House of Commons , last night denied MPs would be exempt from paying poll tax on second homes — but agreed they would be able to reclaim the full cost from allowances . |
| 16 | On no occasion did Pointer seem bemused or in doubt but led us on , disregarding the ankle-deep snow and the sudden flurries and falls from over-hanging branches . |
| 17 | The Jordanian government closed its al-Ruweishid post on the border with Iraq to all non-Jordanian refugees on Jan. 10 , but reopened it on Jan. 18 following renewed promises of UN aid to help with the costs of accommodating refugees from Kuwait and Iraq . |
| 18 | He thought of his mom and dad and how they were ; he hoped they were n't worried about him , but expected they were . |
| 19 | Her parents and sisters were sympathetic but expected her to conform to the existing status quo . |
| 20 | There had been others lacking in imagination , who stuck to the basic facts but lent them theatrical weight . |
| 21 | She had forgotten about her tea caddy and the friendly shopkeeper in Sunningdale and she had soon forgotten about the kindness of young people and was reminiscing about the days when she was not alone at the villa but shared it with seven others . |
| 22 | It reminded her of Hilda , and she felt a wave of panic , but fought it down . |
| 23 | Jessica was tempted to be obscene , but fought it back . |
| 24 | He granted an injunction restraining the defendant from using and/or disclosing confidential information but qualified it so that it did not apply to communications made by the defendant either to FIMBRA or the Inland Revenue in respect of the matters identified in the defence . |
| 25 | The Assembly approved a law to " perpetuate the memory of the 1956 revolution and freedom struggle in law " and declaring Oct. 23 a national holiday ; it also unanimously approved a statement of intent on joining the Council of Europe ; and it accepted the resignation of outgoing Prime Minister Miklos Nemeth of the Hungarian Socialist Party ( the reformed successor to the Hungarian Socialist Workers ' Party ) , but requested him to remain in office at the head of an interim government until a replacement government had been formed . |
| 26 | We not merely retained it but expanded it , and it has fully justified our confidence . |
| 27 | It was , had we but realized it , an omen of things to come . |
| 28 | McLeish instantly understood the man 's nightmare but realized he could give only qualified reassurance . |
| 29 | I think she was crying , but adjudged it vulgar to peer . |
| 30 | ‘ That Kirsty came along and appeared in the sittings was a by-product , but made me think ‘ why not animals , as well ? ’ |