Example sentences of "but [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But doth suffer a sea-change |
| 2 | He was allowed home but needs to use a nebuliser six times a day to get drugs and oxygen to his lungs . |
| 3 | Another historian notes that women have not come to rival men , despite the equality established through legislation ( ! ) , but needs to add a critique of such legislation and society if he is to understand its failures . |
| 4 | It started off as a laugh , but has become a job to me . |
| 5 | He knew little of health administration before accepting the position but has become an expert during four years of radical change in the NHS . |
| 6 | Mr Forman served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the former Chancellor , Mr Nigel Lawson , but has gained a reputation as a critic of Mrs Thatcher 's style of government . |
| 7 | He has yet to receive his cheque but has received a letter from BR 's legal department to say it is on its way . |
| 8 | She claims she could have been treated soon after birth , but has suffered a lifetime of pain and disability . |
| 9 | Dr Marshall has admitted that the office was ‘ a bit untidy ’ but has made an effort to clean it . |
| 10 | This common sense has affected not only Conservatism 's traditional adherents , but has had an effect upon that Conservatism latent in working-class respectability . |
| 11 | He has refused , so far , to bring the Moroccan troops home , but has issued a pamphlet explaining that they are not under allied command , and will not attack Iraq . |
| 12 | Who 's got brown eyes but has got a mum or dad with blue eyes ? |
| 13 | Yeah mhm yeah I mean you may want to select some stuff that 's y'know that represents different kinds of things because as I remember our conversations earlier , you were interested in er y'know sort of ideological soundness , political correctness and y'know were some things funny but sort of off-colour for other reasons erm er I 'm paraphrasing it badly but er y'know I think that th s so you might want to get some stuff that 's sort of ideologically sound and humorous and er some stuff that 's a bit off-colour and humorous and some stuff that 's erm sort of I do n't know some stuff that 's main stream but has got a lot of y'know if you look at something like say The Two Ronnies or something , there 's a lot of there 's a lot of racism and sexism in there but it 's because it 's sort of main stream because it 's family viewing and stuff like that people tend not to think of it as problematic . |
| 14 | Skinner , 31 , who began his career with Blaydon , has decided to leave Harlequins in May but intends to play a season for Blackheath before hanging up his boots . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , he not only refuses his tithes but seems to have a source of wealth which enables him to distribute alms , to mend the church as well as have it painted and refurbished . ’ |
| 16 | It will not go into technical detail but aims to provide an introduction to what is needed in terms of equipment , skills and people . |
| 17 | Union with God for the Christian does not mean recognising oneself as part of God ( ‘ self-realisation ’ ) but means becoming a member of God 's family by adoption . |
| 18 | At £11.99 , it may seem expensive but does feed a lot of people . |
| 19 | Its remuneration in the form of wages may not be very high , but does offer a measure of security , in that wages are contractually established and regulated under existing labour laws , which means that in theory they can not be arbitrarily withdrawn or altered . |
| 20 | ECGD does not lend money to companies but does offer a number of schemes to banks to allow them to finance exports at interest rates which are often significantly below prevailing market rates . |
| 21 | This peril is not subject to any special exclusions but does provide a number of problems . |
| 22 | Charcoal is the main media in most tapwater filters , but does have a role to play actually in the tank , too . |
| 23 | Lois Lane , manageress of the Fenham Fund , has no views about the general level of futures prices for the commodities she is considering trading , but does have a view about relative price movements , in that she expects the price of kryptonite futures to rise relative to that of phlogiston futures . |
| 24 | The , the only thing that I would say Chairman is that erm planning and er er the role of planning is related amongst other things to development and every single solitary er element in development has an effect , maybe only small and it may be distant , but does have an effect on er water falling as rain and thereby on run-off . |
| 25 | Bertelli 's text is shorter , but does include a catalogue of the surviving paintings and a chronological table . |
| 26 | JIM PERRIN GOES TRESPASSING ON A MILITARY RANGE , BUT FAILS TO FORCE A CONFRONTATION OVER ACCESS |