Example sentences of "but [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a decade later , when the term ‘ has-been ’ seemed almost an understatement , she not only gratefully accepted but gleefully flung herself into the high camp , Low Gothic shenanigans of Robert Aldrich 's Whatever Happened to Baby Jane ? ( 1962 ) , in which , with a gloating relish that neither her baby-doll fright wig nor her impenetrable pancake make-up could conceal , she set about tormenting her immemorial screen rival and alter ego ( or egoist ) , Joan Crawford . |
| 2 | They will make no move to attack or talk to the adventurers , but merely interpose themselves between the adventurers and the path to the Castle . |
| 3 | Pedro Fernández Dittus was not , however , required to spend time in detention but merely to present himself to the authorities once a week . |
| 4 | After the trials of Halton , Cranwell was a haven , With my pay now being nearly 30 a week , I invested in a motorcycle — a square tank Rudge of questionable vintage — for £4 ( at a pound a week ) , but soon cured myself of the motorcycle bug that seemed to affect us all at the time . |
| 5 | Bernard Baruch spoke for many business people when he complained that the British were quick to moan but not to help themselves by making their economy more productive and competitive . |
| 6 | Therefore , as we descend into Jupiter we encounter no surface , but gradually find ourselves amidst an ocean . |
| 7 | Do the bacteria , perhaps , have something to gain , but usually keep themselves in check ? |
| 8 | He escaped the fire but later killed himself by jumping in front of a truck . |
| 9 | He was associated with Edward Irving and Henry Drummond [ qq.v. ] and participated in the early prophetic conferences at Albury , but later distanced himself from the movement that was to result in the formation of the Catholic Apostolic Church . |
| 10 | He was pressed to reduce the size of the Cabinet , but hopelessly excused himself to Jones : ‘ I have told Neville he may be able to do something . |
| 11 | Cabrera Infante , among others , repeatedly draws attention to his role as author , while the narrator of Alfredo Bryce Echenique 's A World for Julius not only maintains a running dialogue with the reader , but also involves himself with his characters , putting himself in their shoes , addressing them directly as if they were there alongside him and , like a supporter at a sporting event , siding with some against others . |
| 12 | policy spokesmen — concerned with broad policy matters but also seeing themselves as delegates . |
| 13 | One was its desire to find some way not simply to get through the current hard times , but also to protect themselves from the financial ups and downs that make up every economic cycle . |
| 14 | Where competing firms are small they may wish not only to help regulate competition in the product market by joining together , but also to protect themselves against a marked inequality in bargaining power , since they are too small to be able to deal effectively with the trade unions unaided . |
| 15 | He has an unusually high belief in , and loyalty to , the group , but often finds himself in a hopeless tug-of-war . |
| 16 | Investment banks made hay while takeovers shone , but now find themselves with too many overheads , too few profits and no friends at all . |
| 17 | Window displays were becoming controversial within the company ; Laura liked to see windows full of antiques and atmosphere , but increasingly found herself at loggerheads with more prosaic minds who wanted products and price-tags . |
| 18 | He then launched into one of his ruminative orations , reflecting on the evolution of our relations with India , hardly engaging with the Government at all , but indirectly committing himself to full support for the movement towards self-government . |
| 19 | It is also clear from Walkley v Precision Forgings [ 1979 ] 1 WLR 606 and Chappell v Cooper [ 1980 ] 2 All ER 463 that where the plaintiff commences an action during the primary s11 or s12 limitation period but then puts himself in a position where he can not pursue it , for instance by letting his writ expire without service or delaying so much that his action is struck out for want of prosecution , the court will have no power to exercise s33 discretion , since it is the plaintiff 's own action or default which has prejudiced him and not the operation of s11 or 12 . |
| 20 | But why shackle yourself to that horror ? |
| 21 | The second , referred to obscurely in Helen 's last letter from Margate , was Mr Thomas 's decision that Edward should not take up a Civil Service post , but instead prepare himself for an Oxford entrance scholarship . |
| 22 | I thought I was being taken to the prison but instead found myself outside the door of Le Coq d'Or . |
| 23 | She said drily : ‘ I imagine that a man 's idea of the ideal secretary is a woman who manages to imply that she would like to go to bed with her boss but nobly restrains herself in the interests of office efficiency . |