Example sentences of "[v-ing] but [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This was not snoring but a kind of clicking , irregular and sporadic — that was what made it irritating — and liable to start when least expected . |
| 2 | Oh , two rugs on the stone floor were smouldering but the fire was contained . |
| 3 | It is not the student returning but a flood of visitors — a lady coming to teach Hungarian to students about to visit Budapest , a social worker sorting out a student with severe memory loss whose phone is about to be cut off , a personnel officer from the Civic Offices to recruit potential employees from students on the scheme and one or two others who just seem to have wandered in off the streets . |
| 4 | It was not justice these two were dispensing but the semblance of justice . |
| 5 | Sorry to keep you waiting but the bellman said he thought you 'd all gone to your rooms . ’ |
| 6 | Five years ago rugby club chiefs were in favour of selling but the cricket club committee was firmly against . |
| 7 | It had stopped raining but the night was dark and damp . |
| 8 | It had stopped raining but the wood was sopping . |
| 9 | People need to see what they 're eating but the light must never be so bright that it kills any atmosphere you 're trying to achieve . |
| 10 | It was meant to allow the driver the freedom to use his left foot for braking but the system was taken off the car at the end of the first practice session in its first race , the South African Grand Prix . |
| 11 | Most of Scotland is still rising but the south-east of England is sinking by 15cm a century . |
| 12 | I can totally agree with the woman here just now , what she 's saying but the woman at the back of me just now , she 'd said about lesbianism , this is a different thing entirely . |
| 13 | Just try and remember what we were doing but the pig about resistance is it 's one over and think ooh we 're all into weird fractions and everything seems to work the opposite way round to the way you 'd expect it . |
| 14 | The plaintiff 's solicitors must make regular checks ( and it is a good idea for the defendant 's insurers and solicitors to do the same ) on the wage rates at regular intervals , and not only on the rates for the job that the plaintiff would have been doing but the rate for any job into which he might have been promoted but for the accident . |
| 15 | He broke Sir John 's concentration by asking but the coroner just glowered . |
| 16 | Speculation of a revenge bid by the jeweller 's ousted chief Gerald Ratner sent the price soaring but the shine soon wore off . |
| 17 | Its 1986 report on community care , for example , criticized not only under-funding but the pattern of organizational fragmentation and confusion that began in central departments and worked its way down . |
| 18 | The NHS is changing but the nature of the change is still unclear . |
| 19 | As the repression increased , more and more of our time was spent denouncing human rights violations , And it was n't just the management we were fighting but the army and the security forces as well . |
| 20 | For the majority , no dream of winning but the satisfaction of completing the course , perhaps achieving a personal best . |
| 21 | Thomson Greyson and on it goes to Agnew Speedy in the middle Ormanroyd arriving but a cross never came . |
| 22 | Leaves were falling but the sun shone , and I could not help enjoying the ride , so stately in the funeral limousine . |
| 23 | Demands on its resources are increasing but the government limits its ability to raise money . |
| 24 | She saw his mouth moving ; he was still talking but a train was blowing its whistle and drowned his voice , which was extremely soft . |
| 25 | Perhaps he was on the point of leaving but the fracas caused by Waldegrave 's death prevented him . ’ |
| 26 | The middle-horns were the most esteemed of draught cattle because of their activity and hardiness ; they would also fatten at an early age if not working but the milk yield of the cows was poor in comparison with the short-horned cattle of Durham , Yorkshire and Lincolnshire . |