Example sentences of "but [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew it must in theory , but to see it happen was still a lovely surprise . |
| 2 | But to enable him to concentrate on it , the government services that arose one after the other in the nineteenth century ( forestry , irrigation , the archaeological survey , public health and sani-tation , roads ) were organized outside the administrative structure , and had virtually no contact with the district officer . |
| 3 | The job of care staff is not to do things for clients , but to enable them to do things for themselves . |
| 4 | Again answering no , I apologised but asked them to tell me what objection they had . |
| 5 | Now this short note cruelly dashed his hopes : the mysterious writer apologised for not meeting him but asked him to wait amongst the ancient ruins to the north-west of the Tower . |
| 6 | ‘ So then I had an idea that if I went to a composer who wrote very tuneful music , but asked him to work electronically rather than with instruments , I might end up with what I wanted , which was music the ear could relate to , rather than musique concrète which was the other sort of electronic music being done at the time . |
| 7 | She tried to recall his face , but got it mixed up with the actor , Edward James Olmos . |
| 8 | Her parents and sisters were sympathetic but expected her to conform to the existing status quo . |
| 9 | The Assembly approved a law to " perpetuate the memory of the 1956 revolution and freedom struggle in law " and declaring Oct. 23 a national holiday ; it also unanimously approved a statement of intent on joining the Council of Europe ; and it accepted the resignation of outgoing Prime Minister Miklos Nemeth of the Hungarian Socialist Party ( the reformed successor to the Hungarian Socialist Workers ' Party ) , but requested him to remain in office at the head of an interim government until a replacement government had been formed . |
| 10 | ‘ That Kirsty came along and appeared in the sittings was a by-product , but made me think ‘ why not animals , as well ? ’ |
| 11 | He did not take the sheaf of notes Marshall tendered but made him recite the relevant ones and in that way learned that three people said they had been wearing clothes which were , at least in part , cream-coloured . |
| 12 | When they reached the Watermen , Mary and Ruth would n't let Ernest into the kitchen , but made him wait in the bar . |
| 13 | While she was thus engaged Chignell had summoned the hotel doctor , who presently ushered her into his sanctum and gave her something to drink , which tasted horrible but made her feel much better . |
| 14 | er is not a possibility of having more open days so that general public can come in to see what 's happening and not only advertise in Harlow but advertise I live in Bishop 's Stortford now in the surrounding districts erm time gets although you said you get fifty per cent of people coming from outside of Harlow it does n't matter where the people come from as long as they come so more open days free erm to get people to come in and er particularly er outside people also I would suggest that the er chairman 's of the local district council 's who are not contributing be invited to the open day to see what er the playhouse is doing for the people who live in there er council area 's to see whether we can get some more supports er as a Stortford resident I 'd be quite happy to add a bit on my community charge to go to the playhouse . . |
| 15 | There was nothing for it but to pretend it had all been as Aunt Emily would have wished it to be . |
| 16 | They each fall utterly under his spell and promise to obey him in everything , whereupon he tells them that he has to go on a journey and gives them the keys of his magnificent house but forbids them to enter a room which is opened by a particular little key . |
| 17 | Such a development would avoid the unnecessary replication of contracts , but to implement it requires the necessary political will to exist in Europe . |
| 18 | She glowered at the television crew who were filming them , but realised they had no idea she was grimacing ferociously , so she returned to sipping champagne through the straw . |
| 19 | A key witness at the Paul Sheldon murder trial pointed at his two alleged attackers in Court today but admitted he 'd failed to recognise them in police identity parades . |
| 20 | Jones , married with an 18 month-old daughter , was adamant last night that he wants to regain his Test spot , but admitted he felt trapped financially . |
| 21 | GRAHAM TAYLOR yesterday vowed not to quit as England manager — but admitted he feels as hounded on the back pages as the Royal Family are on the front . |
| 22 | She objects to being called a magicienne , but insists she has n't encountered any serious discrimination . |
| 23 | Keeper Eric Thorstvedt was outstanding but insists he does n't know if Spurs want him to stay . |
| 24 | I trusted Carradine because he was different , but trusting him led to mistrusting everyone else . |
| 25 | Preventing a young and disruptive child from playing , but allowing him/her to watch the others at play , may also do the trick . |
| 26 | To picture a man in words , one 's much like another , ’ said Aldhelm , ‘ but bring me to see him , I 'll pick him out from a thousand . ’ |
| 27 | But change they did , and quite radically . |
| 28 | But change it does , and there is no better barometer of that change than what is censored , by libraries as well as by other institutions . |
| 29 | But the team concluded that it was wiser to keep most of the assets in the portfolio — but make them work better . |
| 30 | His superiority over them can not but make them seem to us inferior , innocent , or naïve , dupes who trust too easily and are soon outwitted . |