Example sentences of "[v-ing] but they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One or two people looked , I 've seen them looking but they 've not actually questioned . |
| 2 | They forced themselves to keep going but they had no enthusiasm . |
| 3 | They were longing to start cheering but they did n't dare . |
| 4 | So what they 've done is they 've picked a way of doing but they kept chopping and changing the way they 've been doing that all the time . |
| 5 | They just do n't know how they 're surviving but they keep going on ! |
| 6 | They noticed that background radiation in the laboratory appeared to rise by up to 50 per cent while the experiment was running but they had no means of knowing whether or not this had anything to do with the experiment as the natural background radiation from cosmic rays can vary substantially during long time periods . |
| 7 | He says he was thinking of chasing but they shot at him again . |
| 8 | No my friend 's in the trade I said they 're basically working but they 've got a halt on somewhere because they 've come back you 'll have to sort out the you 've got but er they 're only one ten |