Example sentences of "but [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But looking up at Ilbrec she saw such a heartbroken sorrow that without a word she let him stoop and take Fand from her . |
| 2 | I 'd been hungry , but filling up on fruit or hot drinks had stopped my tummy from grumbling . |
| 3 | So many of our wild creatures are nocturnal and never seen , but tiptoeing out after dark with torch in hand , can open up a whole new world . |
| 4 | But going back to work need n't mean full time , or even leaving home or baby . |
| 5 | But facing up to conflicts and difficulties throughout marriage , be it in the early years or later , is the way of growth and strength . |
| 6 | They 're still big , still noisy , but getting on in years and with a diminishing role thanks to the peace dividend . |
| 7 | But getting out to MPs like erm John Prescott the energy spokesperson for the Labour Party and so on . |
| 8 | IF Gidon Saks has been in the last year the bovver boy of Scottish Opera , singing splendidly but speaking out of turn , he has surely redeemed himself this week directing the RSAMD Opera Class in two productions at the New Athenaeum . |
| 9 | But staying out at night cost money if you did the right things : coffee bars and a movie or a disco , but if you rode round in borrowed cars it was an okay way of killing time . |
| 10 | ‘ But coming back to Anfield will mean a lot to Kenny . |
| 11 | He stood silent , appearing to examine her , actually examining her , but plunging back beyond Coleridge to Ridley and the possible sources of the magical verse . |
| 12 | A lot is made of high and low cholesterol foods , especially in the USA , but cutting back on foods which are high in cholesterol does not make a lot of difference to blood cholesterol concentrations . |
| 13 | but stopping in at night |
| 14 | Below the continents the crust is much thicker , averaging about 35 km but reaching up to 70km beneath some mountain ranges . |
| 15 | I needed the money and it sounded O.K. But sitting around for hours at a stretch without a word from anybody I was able to do a lot of thinking . ’ |
| 16 | Each individual 's participation will be limited so that the aggregate price payable on the exercise of all options granted to him under the Scheme in any ten year period ( but leaving out of account options which have been exercised ) will not exceed four times his annual remuneration . |