Example sentences of "to [noun sg] but [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They turn up to work but are so stressed out they ca n't perform , there 's no added value to the product . |
| 2 | Disabled people have the capacity and the right to be productive contributors to society but are often perceived as passive recipients of services . |
| 3 | The child was also taken to hospital but was later discharged . |
| 4 | The amount of bone present in assemblages of prey , and the species representation , vary from predator to predator but are always biased with respect to the community from which they came . |
| 5 | There is evidence to suggest that young swains showed interest from time to time but were probably defeated by lack of time and opportunity on the one hand and by Hannah 's shy , reserved nature on the other . |
| 6 | Rejoining the fleet , he was promoted to commander but was soon paid off . |