Example sentences of "but [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But organizing and overseeing Little Tuckett Church Fête had lowered her resistance . |
| 2 | It was not a command to stay put , but to go and make disciples of all the nations . |
| 3 | Knowing that there was nothing for it but to go and apologise and , if possible , explain that her regularly serviced car was misbehaving , Fabia had her hand on the door-handle when she realised that she had no need to move . |
| 4 | However , in order that the scheme could , if successful , be relatively easily incorporated by local authorities into existing patterns of service provision it was decided not to substitute but to see whether it was possible to work alongside other services . |
| 5 | From these you can try the patterns not only for tension but to see whether the number of rows between , as recommended , look and feel exactly right in the yarn you are using . |
| 6 | His leadership characteristics include ingenuity and determination not only to unearth agents of change , but to see that they are profitably applied : he took robotic ideas from Austin Rover into food manufacturing . |
| 7 | Not to apologize — that would be asking for explanations he was n't able to give right now — but to see that she was all right . |
| 8 | There is a wish to see a move from residential care to home care and , and home help and community based care , but to see that it 's done in an orderly fashion which does n't destabilize the market that 's out there , and does n't put at risk the care of elderly people who are already using those existing homes . |
| 9 | I hardly dare mention traffic calming but it does seem to be the flavour of of the month at the moment but to see that the existing work doubled by and I know it 's going to cost the county erm this but if you do n't want to talk about the children and their crime it is er traffic calming it certainly is a and I do believe |
| 10 | Everywhere in the Western world social security budgets were under scrutiny , not to see if they were too meagre but to see if they could be reduced . |
| 11 | The crowd parted , and they stood gazing up the canyon , not out of interest in me but to see if the bus was coming . |
| 12 | ( You are not just at the interview to see if you suit the company but to see if the job genuinely suits you ) |
| 13 | The main aim of the present book is to discuss the theory of psychoanalysis as such ; not to sociologize about it , but to see if it has a contribution to make to sociology itself . |
| 14 | A few days ago when I was hooked up to a foetal monitor , a midwife rushed in , not to ask how I was , but to see if I knew the latest on the war . |
| 15 | Now it seems to me with erm with great respect from the view of the taxing officer , that er it 's quite clear that er both parties were holding han were holding their hands in relation to a question of taxation because negotiations were going on between the parties and indeed the defendants were being requested er not to proceed with taxation but to see if they could obtain an overall assessment and the point was met to the defendants barrister , telling quite frankly there would n't be much advantage in the defendants pushing on with erm taxation because they 'd only , they would have to look to his interest in the property to get payment , it seems to me in those circumstances that it can not be said that erm the plaintiffs were in any way acting improperly and not seeking to have the costs taxed during the period while the negotiations were being carried on er because effectively and |
| 16 | In a way this new fight against censorship is an opportunity not simply to defend and ensure intellectual freedom but to affirm that a profession does exist which essentially safeguards this freedom . |
| 17 | The replacement , voted against by Opposition MPs but passed because of the Government majority , does not , however , allow the penalties to be imposed against electricity suppliers which fail to promote electricity efficiency , and so is not as strong as the Lords ' amendment . |
| 18 | The foods that are most likely to cause problems are those that you always eat in large quantities or ‘ binged ’ on during pregnancy , those you have a craving for , and , paradoxically , those that you actively dislike but eat because they ‘ do you good ’ . |
| 19 | Nothing but eat and sleep . ’ |
| 20 | I was summoned to the matron ( the then equivalent of director of nursing services ) who thanked me for telling her , but asked whether I was aware that the consultant was the most senior in the faculty , and probably one of the world 's most eminent ? |
| 21 | He replied that he did , but asked whether I had tried any of the new generation motion detectors . |
| 22 | When he came to see me , I said that I would write to the chairlady of the health authority , who replied that she was very sorry that this had happened but asked whether the gentleman could prove that the burn marks had been caused by the deposit from the hospital chimney . |
| 23 | Blencowe apparently owed his career as a judge to Wallis who turned down a bishopric for himself but asked that his son-in-law be considered for a judicial appointment [ DNB , 20 , 598–602 ] . |
| 24 | Not only did he vote against the proposals but asked that his objections be publicly recognised . |
| 25 | I said I wished mine to be destroyed , but asked if I might keep some of hers of a literary interest . |
| 26 | But asked if Mr Onanuga was sticking to his story , Bernadette , 26 , replied : ‘ John is not a liar . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ They said they did n't think it was Brian but asked if forensic could come to take some prints from his toys and school books . |
| 28 | Sitting weeping in the bathroom Agnes demanded of herself how she could have been so responsive to every whim of Magill 's mood and so dull but demanding and clumsy with Maxim … |
| 29 | She swore , but lay where she had fallen . |
| 30 | It saw no need for immediate action but recommended that the matter should be kept under review . |