Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] but [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Guerrists " among the PSOE " aparato " ( bureaucracy ) felt that officials using unorthodox but previously tolerated methods of fund-raising were not guilty of personal corruption . |
| 2 | There are still two towns — in effect , however , the new Aberdeen has all but completely superseded Old Aberdeen , which now exists only in the way many international cities have a Latin Quarter or a Chinatown , only somewhat smaller and — as becomes all Aberdonians and most east-coast Scots — very discreet . |
| 3 | imagine that but just done in complete black with white lines , yeah , like sort of like if with white lines going down |
| 4 | In Abbeville is the remarkable classic of flamboyant , S. Wulfram , largely built 1488–1534 but never finished ( 516 ) . |
| 5 | The other boy , David , was also puzzling about his experience in the cutting and had resolved to go back and try to find out if he had been dreaming ; somehow he did not feel frightened but more determined to see the tramp and make friends with him . |
| 6 | The woodwork , once painted white but now faded to a dingy cream with a grey deposit in the crevices , was chipped and scuffed and the pattern of leaves and flowers on the stair carpet had long since been reduced to a brownish blur . |
| 7 | They look fascinated but slightly frightened . |
| 8 | The result , it now appears , was that local administrators , with important defensive budgets to collect and administer , took advantage of the experience thus gained to develop their own powers in particular when , over a period of some decades , taxes originally levied for short periods came to be collected for longer and longer periods , until they became all but permanently established as part of the regular income of a town or city . |
| 9 | Spennymoor Comprehensive 's Steven Thorogood hit 74 but still finished on the losing side as 14-year-old Ian Dixon 's 72 took Willington Parkside Comprehensive to victory in a high-scoring game . |
| 10 | He watched , felt indignant but also justified because he was right . |
| 11 | Shirlie explained , ‘ This time we wanted clothes that felt comfortable but also looked strong . ’ |
| 12 | Throughout her hour-long visit in Barnsley , South Yorkshire , the princess looked glum but later cheered up when she was greeted by a crowd of about 2,000 people waiting outside . |
| 13 | He looked tired but nevertheless managed a smile as he caught sight of his two employees and walked over to join them . |
| 14 | The coroner looked puzzled but quietly agreed . |
| 15 | Frau Schmidt looked gratified but slightly overwhelmed . |
| 16 | The painter looked handsome but shabbily dressed . |
| 17 | The remaining chromosome 5 appeared normal but presumably contained a submicroscopic microdeletion in a subpopulation of cells . |
| 18 | By 1980 Miami beach had all but totally eroded , and with it the town 's tourist business ; sand was then sucked from the sea-bed and the beach rebuilt . |