Example sentences of "[noun] but [adv] managed [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to get some compensation but only managed to get a little … and that was six years afterwards , which was no use at all . |
| 2 | The boys knew all the local hostelries and Jimmy even owned a car , a rather wheezy Austin 7 , which had certainly seen its best days but still managed to clank around the country lanes when petrol was available . |
| 3 | He 'd played with a few friends over the years but never managed to overcome the logistics of forming and fronting a band . |
| 4 | Below right : ATS of 1963 was born out of a Ferrari breakaway group but only managed to finish one race |
| 5 | Speed had an off day but still managed to score . |
| 6 | Nomura , the biggest , took a 95% drop but just managed to keep in profit . |
| 7 | Social Darwinism was not only applied to ‘ race ’ issues but also managed to incorporate the social facts of class-based hierarchies . |
| 8 | At the start of the C2 first heat Reneiski/Zuravski of the USSR broke a paddle shaft but still managed to finish only half a minute after the Korean pair using just the blade at the stern to secure a repêchage place . |