Example sentences of "but [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing for it but to go back the way you came , to Neu St Johann , thence down the Toggenburg valley through the resorts of Nesslau and Ebnat-Kappel to Wattwil . |
| 2 | The diplomat knew that was untrue but asked why the man was imprisoned . |
| 3 | Richards trailed 13–5 after ends but wiped out the deficit on end 11 . |
| 4 | Forster was sorely tempted to nip out and confirm that the noise was coming from George by twiddling the volume and tuner , but fought down the urge . |
| 5 | Alison plans to vote Labour but thinks nationally the Conservatives might squeeze a victory on April 9 . |
| 6 | A few seconds later the pipes are assembled and I enter the town playing Highland Laddie , not at the front of the column , but bringing up the rear . |
| 7 | Today we can talk about sex without modesty or fear , but bring up the subject of death and you will be treated with the same social horror as if you had brought up the subject of masturbation at a Victorian ladies ' tea party . |
| 8 | The meeting voted for a revision of the Constitution to allow the head of state to appoint a Prime Minister but ruled out the introduction of a multiparty system . |
| 9 | There may be two bystanders , but they really , you do n't think they made any particular difference to the way the conversation went , so you might pick out relationships in general , or topic , or something else , but pick out the things that you think being significant in the conversation , and describe them . |
| 10 | The sexual revolution escalated the pressure and helped remove the prohibitions on sex , but changed neither the form nor the content . |
| 11 | In the other condition subjects viewed the same films in the same manner but described only the risks and potential risks in each section of film . |
| 12 | In the end Frodo does want to destroy the Ring but has not the strength . |
| 13 | Julia Swift , author of 12 Steps To Beautiful Breasts ( Thorsons ) , replied : ‘ Breasts are just fatty tissue , but toning up the muscles which lie underneath and around does improve a profile . |
| 14 | By the beginning of the third week , Charlie could only just fit his swollen toes into the heavy leather boots the army had supplied him with , but looking down the rows of feet that adorned the barrack room floor each morning he could see that none of his comrades was any better off . |
| 15 | He ignored Sir Ralph 's corpse but lifted back the insignia over the hospitaller 's and the canvas sheet which lay underneath . |
| 16 | Hornet 's Richard Wolfenden points out that the company has not been liquidated but put on the back burner until production can be resumed abroad with lower costs and overheads . |
| 17 | But put aside the party point scoring and one indisputable fact emerges which will readily be agreed by all health service staff are a breed apart with their dedication to duty , willingness to work long hours and commitment to patient care . |
| 18 | There is no need to over-play the slightly pathetic quality but seek out the eagerness of his search for something to do . |
| 19 | Fashion garments may and do cost a great deal , but break down the component parts of that price and the sum paid for the natural fibre fabrics begins to look a little odd . |
| 20 | But to set here the roads of France , |
| 21 | Do not simply give a list of the work you have been doing up to date but show how the experience you have gained in the other job has directly fitted you to do the new one . |
| 22 | This whole thing of the bride being , well often not , but frogmarched down the aisle and being transferred from being her father 's property to being her husband 's property |
| 23 | This section on English will take broadly the same shape ; I do not propose to discuss the theoretical debates in English ( such as those between structuralists and liberal humanists ) but to discuss instead the purpose of English : what the teachers of English think is the point of teaching it . |
| 24 | But turning over the pages of poor Hewlett 's unreadable but honest ‘ Song of the Plough ’ , one wonders about that . |
| 25 | Treasury spokesman Alan Beith told the Tories : ‘ Go , but clear up the mess first . ’ |
| 26 | He kept the officer 's coins , the locket from about his neck , and his boots , but threw away the book on phrenology . |
| 27 | One of the attendants offered him a cup : he did not drink from this but threw out the contents and ran off with it . |
| 28 | The small study of children developing reading reported by Kyle ( 1981b ) confirms the general view , but shows up the gap between vocabulary development , where progress is made throughout schooling , and sentence comprehension , where deaf children frequently reach a plateau at about the 8-year-old level . |
| 29 | But add up the ledger : psychic terrorism aimed at party members , disruption and intimidation of opponents , elevation of politicial demagogues , hoodwinking of the public , and an ideology teetering between right and left , between provocative symbolism and head-spinning paranoia . |
| 30 | This requires individual motivation and managerial support , but benefits both the individuals concerned and the service itself . |