Example sentences of "but was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rapidly became a conservative fiscal base — an unchanging standby for governments unable to come up with alternative ways of assessing a national wealth that was not only growing but was substantially changing in form . |
| 2 | He had not yet finally committed himself to subordinating all his other interests to tragedy , but was still toying with ideas of a wider scope . |
| 3 | The wind had abated , but was still blowing in gusts from the left . |
| 4 | Williams made friends at the Slade including the late Allan Gwynne-Jones RA and Bernard Dunstan , who had left the Slade but was still working in Oxford , and who , with his wife Diana Armfield , has remained a close friend . |
| 5 | He got round in par figures , but was obviously playing from memory . |