Example sentences of "but managed [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Endill had to move quickly past the cage but managed to whisper a faint goodbye to the Bookman . |
| 2 | She wanted to shrug off his firm , proprietorial grasp but managed to resist . |
| 3 | A He111 appeared over the Fleet soon after the Hurricanes had departed and this was chased by the Fulmar patrol but managed to evade them and escape . |
| 4 | The plane with 20 passengers on board was caught in a strong down draught but managed to touch down safely ten metres short of the runway . |
| 5 | We missed the first brood to be born , but managed to save some of the fry by netting them out of the adult tank . |
| 6 | The weekend was all too much for Peckett 2087 which had virtually failed by the end of Monday , but managed to carry out its demonstration goods train duties on both days . |
| 7 | He gasped for breath but managed to finish a scathing indictment that was n't as effective as he might have wished . |
| 8 | I had an impulse to say –Sorry , ’ owing to my nationality , but managed to quench it . |
| 9 | She felt like throwing it across the room but managed to control herself . |
| 10 | He had a full bomb load , but managed to level the plane long enough for his crew to bail out , then he managed to steer it away from the town and crash into a nearby field . |
| 11 | She winced at the faint trace of disgust in his voice , but managed to turn it into a careless shrug . |
| 12 | He 's usually good value for a bit of earthy wisdom and wit but managed to miss his own press conference this time . |
| 13 | She almost dropped the line in disgust , but managed to hold it and started to swing it back and forth like a skipping rope in wider and wider slow arcs . |
| 14 | They crashed , but managed to continue . |
| 15 | Sun Life Assurance lost much of an early gain but managed to close 10p higher at 1,123p . |
| 16 | He was badly shocked and in great pain but managed to steer himself towards a field half a mile from the parachute club at Brunton , Northumberland . |
| 17 | Fred Hoyle , in 1961 , also suggested that the protosun had originally contracted by shedding more of its outer web , but managed to spread to the outermost periphery of the Sun , carrying with it the Sun 's angular momentum . |
| 18 | First , the Detroit Institute of Arts lost 41% of its funding , laid off half its staff , and drastically reduced programs , but managed to remain partially open . |
| 19 | He was obviously in shock but managed to thank us . |
| 20 | Travelling there by boat , Stirling found Lewes in bed , suffering from desert sores , but managed to persuade him to join L Detachment , bringing with him one or two of his own men . |
| 21 | He had to come home in the ambulance , and had a bed downstairs for the daytime , but managed to go upstairs to bed at night . |
| 22 | Some of the earlier investors have found they could not adjust quickly enough ; others have been severely battered by innovative competitors but managed to fight back . |
| 23 | The boy thought longingly of his mother , but managed to help Miss Williams describe the location of the body to a startled local station sergeant and to drink a cup of sweet milky tea without being sick . |
| 24 | Kev & Co had similar ticketting problems but managed to find time to fit a pint in as well . |
| 25 | Two of the others stumbled but managed to leap awkwardly over the offside fender of the car . |
| 26 | Mary was spun round , but managed to keep her feet , although the parcel she was carrying hit the ground and burst . |
| 27 | This Australian woman was admitted to a nursing home by her relatives because of a heart condition , but managed to keep a journal , and organise her life afresh to move out to her own flat , before writing about life on the inside . |
| 28 | Reeling from the onslaught , he toppled forward but managed to keep his feet until a second attack pinned him to the wall and held him there . |
| 29 | Mr Keane ( 45 ) was stunned by the blow but managed to beat off his attackers who escaped on foot . |
| 30 | The man was dazed but managed to shake loose of Scott 's grip . |