Example sentences of "but [verb] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My husband collapsed on the lawn outside , but got up again to try and save our dogs from the side of the house . ’ |
| 2 | Forcing herself to blank the sounds from her head , she stared straight ahead , but found little there to soothe her . |
| 3 | This is not merely the result of changes in fashion that inevitably occur in the social sciences , but has perhaps more to do with the observed failures of alternative social and economic arrangements . |
| 4 | Yet I might ask to have the salt passed , or discourse of the evil weather , and so my brother , to my great chagrin , noticed nothing , but set out blithely to go hunting with his new friend , leaving me at home to sit by the hearth , and to feel silent anguish at what might ensue . |
| 5 | To take care that in ploughing , the furrows are sufficiently ample and not hurried over , when good land is to be ploughed for fallow , the ploughmen to take care that they do not dip into bad soil , and in the time of rebinning not to go too deep , but to plough lightly just to destroy the weeds , lest if wet weather ensue when they come to sow the seed will be deposited in mud instead of solid soil . |
| 6 | Kevin Brown , the reigning North-East half marathon champion , was troubled by a stitch but battled on gamely to finish in 33rd position in 67.11 . |
| 7 | She says your child has been admitted but call back later to see if she is going to stay overnight . |
| 8 | Merson is controlling his diet and craving for fast-food in a bid to lose a few pounds excess weight , but spoke out yesterday to nail the lies that he has had a bust-up with George Graham over the battle of the bulge . |
| 9 | Eckersley then took over , conceded another run when Tony Fernandez scored on a sacrifice fly but stayed cool enough to strike out Junior Felix and end the game . |
| 10 | At once they moved back , releasing him , but stayed close enough to catch him if he fell . |