Example sentences of "but [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , Falkenhayn never attempted to break through the enemy lines — so far the sole tactic attempted by both sides — but planned rather to bleed France white by attacking that which the French nation would not tolerate being taken . |
| 2 | She slid into sleep as dawn approached but rose early to make tea . |
| 3 | In an interview published in Izvestiya of Dec. 19 , Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze denied that this meant the severing of all relations with Russia , but went on to condemn Russia 's " unconcealed interference in the internal affairs of sovereign Georgia " . |
| 4 | Trotter flinched but kept on looking wooden-faced . |
| 5 | ( She had started , but kept on scribbling notes . ) |
| 6 | In 1608 he was sent to France , but brought home to marry Catharine , daughter of Thomas Howard , first Earl of Suffolk [ q.v. ] , on 1 December that same year . |
| 7 | She added : ‘ We fetched a doctor , called the police , remonstrated with the neighbours , but did not prefer charges . ’ |
| 8 | Enterprise Engineering made a small operating profit , but did not meet expectations due to a reduced level of work from its major oil industry customers . |
| 9 | Enterprise Engineering made a small operating profit in 1992 , but did not meet expectations due to a reduced level of work from its major oil industry customers . |
| 10 | A formal acknowledgement of the independence of Korea signified the end of Chinese domination there , but did not clarify Japan 's position in the country . |
| 11 | He agreed some of the material was ‘ dubious ’ but did not think children should be protected by law against being photographed in the nude . |
| 12 | On the other side the conquered enemies under the name of socii were compelled to supply troops and to follow Rome into war , but did not pay tribute . |
| 13 | The Annesleys had settled in Ireland in the 17th century but did not build Castlewellan Castle until the 1850s , when the bachelor 4th Earl Annesley commissioned William Burn to erect an austere granite pile . |
| 14 | He was on the edge of weeping , but did not want Murray to realise it . |
| 15 | They welcomed US President Bush 's recent decision to cancel development of new tactical nuclear missiles ( the follow-on to the Lance programme ) and artillery for deployment in Europe , but did not reach agreement on the withdrawal of existing nuclear artillery or short-range missiles before talks with the Soviet Union began . |
| 16 | That night the news spread fast round the village , but did not reach Gabriel , whose dreams were only of Bathsheba . |
| 17 | Ahmad , known as Ibn al-Wafa " ( Ibn Vefa : d. 896/1491 ) , visited Molla Husrev every day but did not visit Molla Gurani the latter said : " He does right in that , for Molla Husrev is a scholar noted for knowledge and works the visiting of whom is necessary . |
| 18 | The survey of children 's attitudes helped here : research such as Ormerod 's ( 1971 ; Ormerod and Duckworth , 1975 ) had shown that girls were interested in the social implications of science , but did not tell teachers what the desirable teaching approach might be in practice . |
| 19 | In October 1989 , as a ‘ confidence-building measure ’ , Sir David Wilson , Hong Kong 's embattled colonial governor , announced the airport project — but did not tell China beforehand . |
| 20 | The emergency provisions included universal — mobilization and the surrender of all illegal weapons , but did not ban demonstrations nor impose a curfew . |
| 21 | On the rare occasions when French and Vietminh met and when local concessions might have helped at least to improve the atmosphere — for example the release of hostages taken by Vietminh — the Vietminh for their part denied all knowledge that any had been taken while violent incidents were either attributed to the forces outwith their control , which may well have been true , or else to the anger of the people which , again , may have been true but did not improve matters . |
| 22 | Proast was restored in 1692 , but did not secure arrears of stipend , and the case dragged on until 1698 , in the reign of Archbishop Thomas Tenison [ q.v . ] . |
| 23 | On these occasions Alison gave Franca some embarrassed or ‘ significant ’ looks , but did not renew attempts to have a talk about the ‘ situation ’ . |
| 24 | The South African security forces provided " co-operative assistance " with the homeland forces in containing the demonstrations , but did not deploy troops . |
| 25 | In Case 73/84 Denkavit Futtermittel , it was held that where directives regulated the composition and preparation of animal foodstuffs , but did not regulate health inspections of those products , Member States could still justify national health inspections under Article 36 . |
| 26 | External trimethylamine base ( TMA ) and acetic acid ( Ac ) ( time of application indicated by open bars ) increased or decreased BCECF fluorescence ( at 530nm wavelength ) excited at 490nm , owing to alkalinization and acidification of the cell , but did not alter fluorescence excited at 440nm ( near the isosbestic wavelength : record obtained just after the 490nm record from the same cell ) . |
| 27 | First the law of restitution had developed to deal with actions for the recovery of money paid under a mistake of fact or certain forms of compulsion but did not encompass actions for the recovery of money that was not due . |
| 28 | After a trial which ended with his conviction , the well-known preacher was publicly hanged — which shocked those who read of it , and even more those that witnessed it , but did not deter James Neild and The Thatched House Society from continuing its fine work . |
| 29 | She caught a few words but did not hear Fru Gertlinger say , ‘ It would be best to say nothing , I think . |
| 30 | As opposed to natural cholera we used a single dose of purified cholera toxin but did not administer Vibrio cholerae , which would produce cholera toxin for several days . |