Example sentences of "[vb infin] but [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coil axles will interchange but have different braking systems on Ninety , One Ten and Range Rover . |
| 2 | Yes that does n't exclude but includes all of that , but at the same time although everybody that 's going to read it may not understand the intricacies of it all as professionals we 're giving more than a passing nod , so that was something else , er er and something more involved than English teacher than making them jump through loops |
| 3 | Cadfael could not choose but feel some sympathy for one whose dubious but daring enterprise had come full circle , and now threatened him with disgrace and punishment ; all the more as Cadfael himself had just been spared a possibly similar exposure . |
| 4 | What do the petitions do but name many thousands of folk ? |
| 5 | We even looked under the ancient stalls the Templars once sat in , and I confess ( as is the wont of old Shallot ) I did little work but spent most of the time admiring the brilliant carvings on the misericord of each stall . |
| 6 | He can not work but wants interesting things to do in the day time . |
| 7 | ‘ God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life ’ ( John 3.16 ) . |
| 8 | That whosoever believeth in him , should not perish but have everlasting life . |
| 9 | Not very gregarious , and could be mistaken for small courser when running on ground ; when it stops it does not squat but stands erect . |
| 10 | John wrote these words : ‘ God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son , so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life . ’ |
| 11 | He did NOT write these words : ‘ God loved the brainy people and attractive people in the world so much that he gave his only Son , so that anyone with 8 GCSEs , 3 A-Levels and loads of friends may not die but have eternal life ’ ! ! |
| 12 | She really has this er attitude which I can not understand because erm a a as I think it was Al Reeve said , you know , erm some people ca n't bear children , we ca n't , but we like them but if you have actually borne children , you are in other words a mother , you 've got ta have a attitude , not only to children in general but to your children in particular , which is very very difficult for er a male to understand and a non-father , it 's gon na be very very difficult cos I personally do n't have any children at all and therefore it is very very difficult for me to even comprehend but given that I can erm I can sympathize with something I do not comprehend it must be monumentally difficult for her |
| 13 | Genes do not blend but pass intact from one generation to the next , after segregation . |
| 14 | Indeed , the Soviet press supported a query by the Indian Foreign Minister , N. Rao , in May 1981 about whether to permit Pakistan to remain in the Non-Aligned Movement with the assertion that ‘ Islamabad 's policy of all possible military rapprochement with Washington and the huge shipments of American arms that have been promised can not help but raise legitimate doubts among many member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement as to whether Pakistan is legally entitled to remain in their ranks ’ . |
| 15 | It is amazing that in this age of guitar exotica , courtesy of PRS , Valley Arts and so on , most players can not help but become romantic and misty-eyed about an old Strat — even one that was made in Japan only a month or so ago . |
| 16 | She could n't help but sound cynical . |
| 17 | But I could n't help but feel sorry for her . |
| 18 | I mean , who can help but feel other than sorry for them , but for them to burst out and say that those two little boys , which is all that they are , |
| 19 | One can not help but feel apprehensive that every step forward will have to be reversed on the return journey when energy is flagging . |
| 20 | They took coffee in a smart hotel and , looking at the relaxed Czechoslovakian , Fabia could not help but feel proud to be with him . |
| 21 | However , I ca n't help but feel this education should begin with a message on the bottle , or can , as the case may be . |
| 22 | In spite of her grief at being parted from her cousins , she could not help but feel excited . |
| 23 | Madame could not help but admire any woman who had gained access to enough money , either early or late in her career , to be able to laugh and to leave people . |
| 24 | You ca n't help but notice some lousy couplets , but he invariably ends in style , spitting the final words , crumpling his lines , and discarding them with a terse ‘ that 's it ’ . |
| 25 | A sequence when Custer attacks an Indian village could not help but stir vivid memories of the My Lai massacre and the photos of Vietnamese on fire that were seen in all the newspapers and on television during that dark period in America 's history . |
| 26 | However , Dr Dunstaple had now adopted a less ranting and more scientific tone which the audience could not help but find impressive . |
| 27 | As I arrived at the recent show of Eileen Cooper 's drawings at the Benjamin Rhodes Gallery after visiting the controversial ( read media-hype ) show , Strange Developments , at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery , I could not help but find great comfort in the sheer generosity of spirit with which these big drawings greet you . |
| 28 | How can you ask but using that word at the beginning of it ? |