Example sentences of "but [verb] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the trick of the big-stage musical number but applied to circus with finesse and much tongue-in-cheek humour . |
| 2 | Stanley kept in contention in the first half of the game but came to grief on the 11th end when they dropped a five . |
| 3 | The declaration by the Supreme Soviet in Byelorussia closely resembled the Ukrainian declaration , but alluded to secession by ascribing to the republic the right to " voluntary unions with other states , and free withdrawal from such unions " . |
| 4 | ‘ Users ’ were generally regarded as ‘ passive ’ but open to persuasion by rational and empirically supported argument ( an ‘ empirical-rational ’ strategy in terms of Bennis , Benne and Chin 's categories ) . |
| 5 | CRICKET legend Ian Botham made his shark fishing debut — but returned to port without a bite and bemoaning the ones that got away . |
| 6 | In one patient symptoms became much less marked after one month but persisted to death at three months . |
| 7 | Do we not only die , but go to hell for what we have suffered ? ’ |
| 8 | The Futurists , on the other hand , were men who started from violent ideological principles of their own but looked to Cubism for guidance as to how they could best express themselves . |
| 9 | Dealing opened in lacklustre mood but managed to edge up thanks largely to a rise in manufacturing output between December and January . |
| 10 | The term " user-friendly " is often misused but related to software for use in schools , it should mean that pupils of different ability and reading levels should be able to understand instructions and where possible , help messages should be fitted into the program . |
| 11 | In addition , all modules of endocrine cells are perhaps not hyperplastic but related to atrophy of the surrounding structures , since nodules of fundic endocrine cells have also been observed in a recent study in patients with chronic atrophic gastritis and normal serum gastrin values . |
| 12 | I spent holidays at home , but went to school over here , and then into the Army . |
| 13 | I scoured the greenery of the Jar din Massey unsuccessfully for signs of yet another literary genius with local connections : the bizarre Isidore Ducasse , alias the Comte de Lautréamont and author of the surreal Chants de Maldoror , who was born , like Laforgue , in Montevideo , but went to school in Tarbes and died even younger than Laforgue , at twenty-four . |
| 14 | He looked at Huy — as far as Huy could tell : it was more an impression of being looked at , and there was no reading the expression in the eyes — but spoke to Merymose without preamble . |
| 15 | Dominating the infrared view , but dimmed to insignificance in the optical , is the galaxy 's central nucleus , shining with the brilliance of 50 million Suns . |
| 16 | I was told I could n't , but said to hell with it , I 've got to . |
| 17 | Brenda continues in Creole until just before " but to dance " , then switches back to London English for the last part of her turn , where she continues with her narration of actual events : " and then and then we star%ed to talk and all the rest of it and tha% " s it " — but switches to Creole for her final " punchline " : " full stop . |