Example sentences of "but they [verb] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holtby — tall , fair , confident , gregarious — was Brittain 's ‘ opposite ’ ; but they discovered in each other complementary experience , literary ambitions , and social ideals . |
| 2 | Within the schools , examples can be easily identified — they may be transitory in some cases , but they reappear in other forms at other times . |
| 3 | On the whole , people use language in a , in a rather sloppy form , it 's ambiguous , they , they know what they mean , other people know what they mean but they put in all sorts of inferences by the way in which it 's phrased or erm the way in which the words string together or past experience of the person . |
| 4 | But they kept in constant touch . |
| 5 | They approached him at a steady pace as though unconcerned by his presence , but they went in single file , Allen with his hand lying lightly on the knife at his belt and Marian carrying her bow , strung , and with an arrow ready notched , lightly and inconspicuously in her left hand . |
| 6 | ‘ The sad thing is a lot have been people of great importance locally but they go in these homes around they 're forgotten . ’ |
| 7 | They are distinct , but they overlap in certain respects , albeit in areas that do not challenge their basic theoretical viewpoints . |
| 8 | They moved nothing except their eyes , but they moved in perfect time to the footsteps , marking the position , flicking backwards and forwards as the human crossed the room above . |