Example sentences of "but [adv] [vb past] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She willed him to continue , but instinctively needed him to stop . |
| 2 | His standing at the dispatch box stays high , but rarely did he intervene during months of Maastricht debate . |
| 3 | Having observed his or her own former situation by means of regression , the patent will then during the course of a counselling session have the opportunity to discuss what happened ( something that may never have been done before ) , to express anger at the perpetrator and possibly at others who may have guessed what was going on but perhaps did nothing to prevent it , and to understand that he or she was in no way to blame for what occurred . |
| 4 | The Executive elected at that Conference was packed with diehards , and " a debate on cooperation against Labour revealed the depth of division : a motion calling for closer collaboration met strong opposition , but so did one calling simply for a Unionist government : They must turn out the man who was the greatest danger to the Conservative Party " , ( a voice — " Lloyd George " ) . |
| 5 | Newton and Leibnitz discovered the principles of calculus at the same time ( and squabbled over it for twenty years ) ; Darwin thought of how the species evolved , but so did someone called A.R.Wallace , and at exactly the same time . |
| 6 | SOUTHPORT were beaten 3-2 by Wrexham in an FA Cup replay at the Racecourse on November 7 , but only had themselves to blame . |
| 7 | Meredith peered into a couple of loose-boxes and called ‘ Mr Fearon ? ’ but only found herself staring into surprised equine faces . |
| 8 | In 1804 , aged 22 , he moved to a clerical post in London but soon left it to study law in the city . |
| 9 | They coexisted with the now somewhat depleted Byzantine empire but soon found themselves embroiled in the Crusader invasion at the end of the eleventh century , in the course of which were to emerge Baibars the Mamluk and the celebrated Kurdish warrior known as Salahuddin al-Ayyubi or Saladin . |
| 10 | But scarcely had he begun to investigate these new , if somewhat less adventurous , hunting-grounds , than the entire party was ‘ summoned back to Hobarton by Sir John ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ At the time I had no real plans but just knew I wanted to be in a group . |
| 12 | Masses need leaders who can stir them out of apathy and organize them , but once organized they defer to leaders and accord them steadily greater levels of discretion to pursue their own rather than mass interests . |
| 13 | True crinoids are doubtfully known before the Ordovician , but once established they diversified rapidly in the manner we have seen repeatedly with other groups . |
| 14 | But hardly had it reached our screens last July than it was plagued by troubles and controversy . |
| 15 | Sitting in the compartment in my dark city suit , working away at the bright knitting caused a lot of second glances from passers-by , but usually ensured I kept the compartment to myself . |
| 16 | King Edward had used them in Wales as war dogs but later had them killed because , in their blood lust , they had failed to distinguish between friend and foe . |
| 17 | She was upset , but later reflected it had n't been as bad as it could have been . |
| 18 | He named a Glasgow taxi driver , Joe Hughes , as an accomplice but later denied he knew the identities of the other men involved . |
| 19 | Arithmetic not only took my mind off the leg , but also spurred me to keep up a pace of four miles an hour . |
| 20 | Dolphins not only guided the god of the sea , Poseidon , to his lover Amphitrite , but also persuaded her to marry him . |
| 21 | The Greeks sold wine to the Celts , but also taught them to produce it . |
| 22 | The fact that Harry Martin had seen fit to go this far not only alarmed her but also made her realise that she must be on to something . |
| 23 | Matey was bustling about , doing some of the chores which McAllister had neglected while drinking coffee with him , and on opening the biscuit tin she complained bitterly that Dr Neil would eat them out of house and home if he continued to run through biscuits at his present rate — a judgement which amused McAllister , but also made her feel vaguely guilty . |
| 24 | As a student I supplemented my grant by joining the Officer Training Corps , which not only brought me many good friends but also allowed me to participate in various outdoor activities such as abseiling , pot-holing , parachuting and canoeing . |
| 25 | She felt very much an ignorant outsider , but unobtrusively attached herself to charge . |
| 26 | She 'd had a 24-hour labour but often said she did n't know what all the fuss was about these days . |
| 27 | We 'd been warned to bring thick clothing but now found ourselves stuffing woolly hats into pockets and loosening scarves . |
| 28 | But even had they sought to do otherwise , they felt obliged to fill the ‘ blind-alley ’ vacancies if only because employers would always manage to find workers for this type of employment however much the exchanges tried to frustrate them . |
| 29 | Mark says he was accompanied to the flat , but then realised he did n't have the right keys … he claims he offered to find Graham , but the officers broke in straight . |
| 30 | She said it quietly , but then wished she had n't spoken at all . |