Example sentences of "but [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no grabbing , but merely hitting with an open mouth . |
| 2 | By different processes erm but nevertheless receding at the same rate . |
| 3 | It looked quite terrifying — but somehow enticing at the same time . |
| 4 | John wanted the light misty at first , then becoming brighter , but always radiating from a focal point at the back of the stage ; Primavera arising from the floor in white must make a ‘ most phallic ’ effect . |
| 5 | A large-patterned fabric may be very successful for a full-length pair of curtains but totally overpowering on a short pair at a small window . |
| 6 | There were more horses coming now , less hurriedly than the advance party , but still approaching at a brisk speed from the Cross . |
| 7 | Far better to change eating habits so that a sensible pattern is established , easing up when a satisfactory weight is reached , but still keeping to the same ‘ right ’ kind of foods . |
| 8 | But further tinkering with the substantive law of rape could be counter-productive . |
| 9 | Same Time , Next Year is a lively , humorous account of a developing relationship , at first sexual but later broadening into a touching tenderness , of two people long married to others , who meet once every year in a California motel for what used to be called ‘ a dirty weekend ’ . |
| 10 | Not just meeting the right person at the right time but also developing at the same pace so that you both have the same needs and expectations from life at roughly the same time . |
| 11 | During waking life primary process thinking is displaced during the child 's development by secondary process thinking , and in the adult it remains as a neurotic symptom , most clearly during dreaming , but also operating at a subconscious level to influence waking behaviour . |
| 12 | Some nuns and priests chose to go into the FMLN controlled zones where they are not only carrying out religious work but also helping in the educational campaigns . |
| 13 | Speaking against one member , one vote but also speaking against the half-hearted document that has been put out by the C E C. |
| 14 | The United States Secretary of State , James Baker , and the Soviet Foreign Minister , Eduard Shevardnadze held three days of talks on April 4-6 in Washington , concentrating mainly on arms control issues ( including the security status of a unified Germany — see p. 37386 ) but also dealing with the Lithuanian independence crisis [ see pp. 37360-62 ] and the state of the Soviet economy . |
| 15 | Passing the township , both brakes jammed on , I slither and judder down the newly regravelled surface , hoping for something to pass and pick me up , but also marvelling at the open splendour of the valley scenery which surprises me afresh every time I look . |
| 16 | Thus , in ‘ Spoonful ’ the ‘ corporeal ’ meanings of rock 'n' roll rhythms , without being destroyed , are shifted by the complex rhythmic overlays , the instrumental technique , the lyrics and so on , while in ‘ Strawberry Fields ’ and ‘ Astronomy Do mine ’ , the principle of extended forms is reworked , still having an implication of ‘ thinking ’ , but now thinking of a different kind from that suggested by , say , Beethoven . |
| 17 | Heseltine aides feared most what , in the event , actually happened : that he would play the stalking horse role — forcing the resignation of Mrs Thatcher but ultimately losing to a third candidate . |
| 18 | EBCDIC and ASCII environments are supported within the same region — and suites of programs and files with different character sets can reside not only on the same hardware and operating system but actually running under the same application , the company claims . |
| 19 | EBCDIC and ASCII environments are supported within the same region — and suites of programs and files with different character sets can reside not only on the same hardware and operating system but actually running under the same application , the company claims . |
| 20 | Behind and to her right , impassive but occasionally smiling at a legal point , Richard Ingrams sat on his own . |
| 21 | She stood there , tall , slim , striking , her hair catching light from the sun , and she told them about history or exotic religions — dramatically , humanly , but cleverly mixing in the dry bits with the drama . |