Example sentences of "but [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Situations ’ , Elizabeth wrote , ‘ I have sometimes taken from life , as a jumping-off point : but imagining myself into another world , using the eyes of the people I am creating is what my writing has chiefly been about . ’ |
| 2 | What is at issue is whether improved resource levels should be used to make special schools internally more satisfactory , doing what they have historically done but doing it in some sense more efficiently , or whether those resources are used in an attempt to improve the general education service in ways which might reduce its need for transferring pupils to special schools . |
| 3 | The jury deliberated for 10 days before acquitting Fama of firing the fatal shot , but convicting him of second-degree murder by virtue of his participation in the attack ; he was also convicted of numerous lesser charges including those relating to the unlawful possession of weapons . |
| 4 | He was lovely but watching him in that living room somehow said it all . |
| 5 | So far E-mail tends to be used within single businesses , but raising it to inter-Group level would offer the benefits of speedier , cheaper and more convenient desk-to-desk communications for all . |