Example sentences of "but [vb past] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bri was eager to learn but frustrated by the idea of learning the verbs ‘ parrot fashion ’ and tried , unsuccessfully , to find a way round this . |
| 2 | Maggie felt it in her hand , frail , attenuated , overstretched , but tautened by the love and knowledge of all the women . |
| 3 | But helped by the wind it cleared the hump in the middle of the fairway , bounced high off the forward slope and ran through the narrow gap between the bunkers . |
| 4 | First , the agreement that risk should pass independently from property was not express but inferred by the court from the circumstances of the case . |
| 5 | ( Mary went out but lingered by the door ) … remarkable creature , he proposed , after she had left … ( lowered voice so that she could not hear ) … perfect example of a natural lady , did they not agree ? |
| 6 | One proposal , in the works for the past two years but delayed by the change in administration , would deal with coastal ocean zones . |
| 7 | Germany 's 2.3 million public service workers are heading for their first strike for 18 years in support of a 5.4 per cent pay rise recommended by arbitrators but rejected by the government . |
| 8 | Direct presidential elections on Sept. 8 endorsed the sole candidate , current president ( chair of the Supreme Soviet ) , Ayaz Mutalibov , in a turnout cited by the republic 's central electoral commission as 83.7 per cent , but estimated by the opposition National Democratic Front as no more than 25 per cent . |
| 9 | These fossil-like impressions of flesh-forms convey a chilling vulnerability not shared but enhanced by the metal material which they now permanently impress . |
| 10 | A brave attempt , but ruined by the fact that neither of the elements are really up to much . |
| 11 | The top line on the picture is even more speculative , but informed by the analysis of 32-year-olds discussed above , it traces what the person would earn with identical characteristics other than that of being male and staying throughout in full-time employment . |
| 12 | ’ I felt mortified , but cushioned by the drink . ’ |
| 13 | But bolstered by the law , it is far from cosy . |
| 14 | ( They were not being condemned , but applauded by the phrase ! ) |
| 15 | But hampered by the lack of enthusiasm from the White House , the measure failed to complete its legislative programme . |
| 16 | The process is seen as cyclical , but dominated by the construction of meaning . |
| 17 | It began as , and has remained , the base for nursery nurse students and for ‘ life preparation ’ students ( referred to not as ‘ special needs ’ students but prefixed by the title of the course they are following — the same as other students ! ) . |
| 18 | His years are not modern calendar years , but governed by the rebirth of vegetation — new year comes in ‘ depraved May ’ . |
| 19 | In a handwritten document , the main body will normally have been written by a scribe or secretary , but signed by the person , or persons , issuing it . |
| 20 | She turned on him , screeching and pummelling , but circumscribed by the fact that he was driving . |
| 21 | The women were uninjured but shocked by the incident . |
| 22 | Workers in Gloucester were aware of the difficulties … but shocked by the level of redundancies : |
| 23 | Each formation consisted of no more than fifty men , and they were no longer called ribelli , rebels , but went by the name of their commandant . |
| 24 | We used to play golf , but went by the board when he moved . |
| 25 | This has been one of the most controversial clauses in the Act and was deleted in the House of Lords but reinstated by the government . |
| 26 | The new rules for taxing manufactured interest , payments made to compensate for the loss of interest , where for instance a security is ‘ sold cum interest ’ but acquired by the seller ex interest in order to meet the sale , took effect on 29 June 1992 and apply from 30 June 1992 . |
| 27 | So we find , for example , that men are like grass renewed in the morning but withered by the time of evening ( I 's 90.5 ) ; their days are like grass which is gone when the wind ( as here ) passes over it ( 103.15–16 ) ; the " son of man who is made like grass " is parallel to " man who dies " ( Isa 51.12 ) . |
| 28 | But inspired by the experience of Jim Duffy at the back and battling Stainrod himself up front , the pattern of play changed dramatically during the final half hour , to the extent that it was the visitors who were forced to hang on , especially after Stainrod had forced goalkeeper Theo Snelders into an own-goal during the latter stages . |
| 29 | The proposed gala contained many elements of reunification activities organized by Southern dissidents but banned by the government . |
| 30 | Three initiatives in particular " confirmed " their fears : a seminar series held in 1954 and entitled " Encounters between Poetry and the University " , which were ostensibly purely cultural but always became highly politicized ; a projected " Congress of Young University Writers " , planned for November 1955 by pro-democratic students and progressive Falangists , but banned by the Ministry of the Interior ; and the idea of a " National Congress of Students " , in preparation for which a manifesto calling for the abolition of the SEU monopoly of student representation was circulated in universities throughout Spain in early 1956 . |