Example sentences of "but [verb] [pron] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group did not exercise its rights but sold them to a third party for £200,000 . |
| 2 | I understood that it was what The Wedding Present wanted , but explaining it to the head of the sales force was a problem . |
| 3 | But send them to the bar for a lager shandy and two halves |
| 4 | Thus the dilemma of the polluting industry is that controlling pollution is expensive , but adds nothing to the value of the goods produced , and is bad business for any firm whose main concern is to maintain profitability in a competitive situation . ’ |
| 5 | This closer relationship incidentally increased the role of the state in most of these economies , but subjected it to the risks inherent in the political strings which the lending institutions attached to their ‘ aid ’ . |
| 6 | So she was relieved , but at the same time a little chagrined when he did n't stop the car at all but drove her to the bottom of the footpath that led up to the Hoflin farm . |
| 7 | but power us to the next disgrace . |
| 8 | They want to hear truths which do not make them narrower but broader , which do not obscure but enlighten , which do not run off them like water , but pierce them to the marrow . ’ |
| 9 | Turner did not live at Wricklemarsh , but let it to a succession of tenants . |
| 10 | Later abolitionists , most notably Thomas Mathiesen , have argued that only ‘ negative ’ reforms ( changes that may reduce the debit side of the prison 's legitimacy but add nothing to the credit side ) be encouraged . |
| 11 | The owner did not intend to leave the registration document but showed it to the dealer who arranged a trick whereby the owner was called away on an imaginary emergency thereby forgetting the registration document . |
| 12 | I feel very strongly that Salford should end this free giving away of degrees , but give them to the deserved students only — us . |
| 13 | ‘ It is bad enough doing that to the uninitiated , but to do it to the Secretary of State is really beyond the pale — it 's quite pathetic . ’ |
| 14 | This is defined by British Standard BS 5283 : 1976 as : the destruction of micro-organisms but not usually bacterial spores ; it does not necessarily kill all micro-organisms but reduces them to a level which is neither harmful to health nor the quality of perishable foods . |
| 15 | It looks as though there lies behind D a chronicle which received additions in Christ Church Canterbury , and at least one of those additions , on Æthelnoth 's journey to Rome , was possibly present in a version which reached St Augustine 's , where it was copied in a slightly modified form into the predecessor of E. St Augustine 's may also have received the 1023 entry in D , but abbreviated it to the single sentence which E now contains . |
| 16 | They say they 've tried everything — including secure accommodation — but sending him to the Costa Blanca to stay with his grandparents seemed the most appropriate course of action . |
| 17 | Quoting messages ; The only way I can see of ‘ reply'ing to a message , but sending it to the listserver is by FORWARDing it . |
| 18 | It was easier to follow in the darkness , but exposed them to the full force of the wind and rain . |
| 19 | Graziano , 68 , won the world title in 1947 with a sixth-round knock-out of Tony Zale but lost it to the same fighter less than a year later . |
| 20 | But to stretch himself to the limit should be the pride and destiny of every man , and she shared , in that part of her being that was not maternal , Paul 's disappointment at being excluded from such a brotherhood . |
| 21 | How to keep doing what one enjoyed doing as a child but adapting it to the changing circumstances . |
| 22 | Did they describe your ad very well but ascribe it to a competitor 's product ? |
| 23 | He did not label the boxes to go to particular destinations but left it to the rail company to allot the appropriate number of boxes to the various destinations . |
| 24 | The Captain fairly obviously did n't want it , but restricted himself to a wry grin . |
| 25 | The Directive prescribes that there should be criminal penalties for its breach , but leaves it to the implementing legislation in each member state to decide what these should be . |
| 26 | Let us for the time being not take a stand on this issue but address ourselves to the whole phenomenon in its strong sense . |
| 27 | The other half of it lies in mobilising party and public support sufficiently strongly to leave Mrs Thatcher with no choice but to readmit him to the Cabinet if the Tories do return to office after the next election . |
| 28 | ‘ My stomach had all but resigned itself to a life of poverty . ’ |