Example sentences of "but [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Changes of stream course can sometimes be inferred where a meandering parish boundary leaves the present stream it is following but rejoins it further along its course . |
| 2 | He quotes frequently Seneca 's maxim , ‘ Quotidie morimur ’ ( We die daily ) , but transforms it by St Paul 's gloss : ‘ Quotidie morior per vestram gloriam , fratres ’ ( Brethren , for you I die every day : 1 Cor. 15.31 ) ( Lettere a i Familiari , I , p. 351 , and II , p. 371 ) . |
| 3 | But when the Friend begins to age the Poet would wish to die : Here the motif of giving and receiving love , central to this group , uses the traditional metaphor of exchanging hearts , but reanimates it by the particularity with which the trope is extended . |
| 4 | GaAs ( known as a III-V material because of its group classification in the Periodic Table ) has the same electronic structure as silicon , but displays its own unique semiconductive properties . |
| 5 | Maguire will surely be champion jockey in due course but appreciates what a long haul he has ahead of him this season . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , the breeze that ignores all the other trees , but plays its tune on the aspen , rustling its leaves , only on the aspen ! ’ |
| 7 | Rainbow would prefer right now this minute , but plays it cool . |
| 8 | The Payment of Wages Act allows employers to make it a condition of employment that new employees should be paid through a bank , but prohibits them from doing this with existing employees ( though of course individual existing employees can agree voluntarily to accept bank-account payment ) . |
| 9 | It 's like a divert , but diverts I 'd like to think of as separate from call forwarding , I 'll explain why in a second . |
| 10 | The uprising continued along the same lines as the bread riots which had been rife in Russia at that time and so the Tsarina was worried but thinks everything will be alright and informed the Tsar , who was away inspecting troops , to this effect . |
| 11 | Glenn , who has one daughter and two grand-daughters , said he was very impressed with the NHS but thinks his was a case of being in the right place at the right time . |
| 12 | A moment 's thought will convince the reader that the crossed reading is prohibited here : this sentence can not be used to describe a situation where Arthur knows that the animal in question is an alsatian , but is unsure of its sex , while Mike knows that it is female , but thinks it might be a wolf . |
| 13 | He really scents the difficulty but thinks it too hard for discussion and so conveniently pretends that he has not seen it . |
| 14 | Or take the old woman who is really a slave to the Gluttony of Delicacy but thinks she is the very model of abstinence : She is a positive terror to hostesses and servants . |
| 15 | It turned out that she did n't realise they were down , but thinks she must have pushed them into that position when dropping the ribber . |
| 16 | She was accused of not taking a stand on feminism or civil rights , but thinks she was always clear about those issues . |
| 17 | Jacques Pinon , owner of a cafe tabac in Paris has put up the required ‘ no smoking ’ signs , but thinks his responsibility stops there . |
| 18 | He acknowledges that the band have an élitist following that generally does n't buy chart records , but thinks he can expand their fan base by getting in the charts . |
| 19 | If someone says he loves God , but hates his brother [ or teacher ] , he is a liar . |
| 20 | but but w er the verse nine , Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the dark . |
| 21 | If a lorry driver does not actually drive each day because business is slack , but receives his usual wages , he is not justified in complaining about lack of actual driving work . |
| 22 | They each fall utterly under his spell and promise to obey him in everything , whereupon he tells them that he has to go on a journey and gives them the keys of his magnificent house but forbids them to enter a room which is opened by a particular little key . |
| 23 | It does n't squeeze very hard , Laba explained , but tightens its grip each time you exhale , making it increasingly harder to draw the next breath . |
| 24 | Local MP , Barry Legge has written to say he sympathises with the villagers , but insists it 's a matter for the planners . |
| 25 | He 's experienced discrimination against elderly patients in other parts of the country but insists there 's no justification for it |
| 26 | She objects to being called a magicienne , but insists she has n't encountered any serious discrimination . |
| 27 | Keeper Eric Thorstvedt was outstanding but insists he does n't know if Spurs want him to stay . |
| 28 | ( d ) Turning the hip too much extends the range of the kick , but renders you more vulnerable |
| 29 | The naturalistic instinct has been to claim that mind somehow creates generality in a sense stronger than that which Aristotle allows ; it does not merely release generality from its potential state in matter , but fabricates it . |
| 30 | The tendency for spits to be orientated at right angles to the dominant waves is well illustrated by Hurst Castle Spit which is particularly instructive in this respect for the spit does not continue the direction of the coast west of Milford , which is west-north-west to east-south-east , but orientates itself north-west to south-east , thus demonstrating the connection with wave direction . |