Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] but [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The person in question was a relative of hers and was killed or died I 'm sure not whether he was killed or died but certainly served in the forces in the four fourteen eighteen war in he was buried in . |
| 2 | Again Yorkshire and Humberside er Scotland and Wales tending to lead that erm all of them as I said have got strong output trends erm in terms of Yorkshire and Humberside the orders er seem to be very much domestic rather than export but widely spread between sectors which gives |
| 3 | She lifted the blue-grey towelling from its hook , and sniffed delicately at the material ; it was clean and odourless with no man-animal scent , as if it had been bought and hung but never worn . |
| 4 | And after all , Rothesay , so they said , had led Margaret a dog 's life after all her father 's pains to secure him for her , and been by any standard a poor bargain for any girl , having worn out so many before her — including , the bolder gossips whispered , Dunbar 's unhappy daughter , affianced and bedded but never wed . |
| 5 | Some of the scenes , such as the ‘ fly-by-wire ’ shots of an Allison-powered unmanned replica P–40 attempting to take off during the attack , did not go as planned but actually turned out better . |