Example sentences of "but they [verb] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had invented a new social custom but they had also annexed a significant part of the working-class experience . |
| 2 | The sovereign people had given de Gaulle a vote of confidence , but they had also given a mandate to parties which opposed him . |
| 3 | OK two of those were dead but they had certainly caused a lot of trouble when alive , had n't they ? |
| 4 | She had continuously offered her services to the RCM committee as a foster parent , but they had never found a suitable child and perhaps also felt that she was too poor to cope . |
| 5 | But they had all made a serious error , himself included . |
| 6 | But his reservations outweigh his praise : ‘ They may have done some good in creating interest in two people who 've made major innovations in twentieth-century music , but they 've also given a negative impression : that the people involved in this music have serious flaws in their personalities . |
| 7 | ‘ But they 've never had a market designed especially for them . |
| 8 | But they seek also to have a religion which is in tune with the world in which we live . |
| 9 | The Greens , whose first MdBs were elected in 1983 , also field constituency candidates , but they have yet to win a constituency seat . |