Example sentences of "but [verb] [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They set off to raid each other on the same night , but passed somehow in the darkness . |
| 2 | For example , in feudal society products were not ‘ of themselves ’ the property of the ruling class , but became so in the light of various political practices . |
| 3 | The shares opened at a discount of 110p on the issue price of £3.50 but recovered strongly in the following months . |
| 4 | When most people possessed no clocks or watches but lived more in the countryside than they do today , they took far more note than we do of the various timings associated with plants and animals . |
| 5 | They must be taught through benevolence and sympathy ; when the necessity arises shame may be used , but fear only in the last extremity , and then ‘ with such delicacy that if possible the habit may not gather strength by the use you are constrained to make of it ’ . |
| 6 | Ophiopristis does seem to be similar in appearance to Ophiologimus H. L. Clark , 1911 but differs mainly in the form of the tentacle pore which is slightly smaller with larger tentacle scales than Ophiologimus . |
| 7 | They should have done much better as they dominated for long spells , but failed miserably in the art of scoring . |
| 8 | Sediment accumulation rates decreased in the north ( 58.024.5gm -2 yr -1 ) and central basins ( 44.416.6gm -2 yr -1 ) , but changed little in the south basin ( 41.715.1gm -2 yr -1 ) . |
| 9 | Disappointingly , the policemen took no notice of the blood , but drove off in the direction the robbers had taken , with what result I can not say . |
| 10 | By 223 votes to 110 ( Government majority 113 ) peers rejected an Opposition amendment to the Companies Bill , originally passed by the Lords but rejected later in the Commons . |
| 11 | Shot and shell rained in on the village , orchard and chateau grounds , tearing up the earth , smashing roofs and rafters , but causing little in the way of casualties . |
| 12 | We 're still married but living apart in the same house , if you see what I mean . |
| 13 | At the age of 12 , her life appears so carefree , but growing up in the railway town sees her family growing apart . |
| 14 | His other inventions included the Maxaman ventilator and resuscitator , a life support unit which allows the victim to breathe oxygen freely at his own rhythm but acts automatically in the case of respiratory failure . |
| 15 | But lying there in the dunes he had n't known what he knew now , that he had another and very different appointment to keep on Sunday , September the twenty-fifth . |
| 16 | But face down in the middle of the floor there lay the body of a man . |
| 17 | These points are similar to points 2 and 3 ante but vary slightly in the content of the call , e.g. for point 4 examples would include falsely telling a woman her husband was dead or that he is having an affair . |
| 18 | It was significant in the nineteenth century but declined rapidly in the twentieth , as class became more important . |
| 19 | You get a couple of standard drinks , a plate of fruit and an hour 's chat with a hostess , but wake up in the morning with your wallet intact . |
| 20 | The ones appointed to do the job had never been very good at it , but he had heard a rumour that Horemheb was training a secret corps of police , answering to him alone but set up in the pharaoh 's name and in the interests of national security . |
| 21 | It all took time but worked out in the end . |
| 22 | Just as the trauma in the first five years of life of a child is forgotten , but appears later in the symptoms of neurotic illness , so the trauma of parricide has been forgotten , but makes its appearance in symptoms which in this case are religious actions and beliefs . |
| 23 | It will hold all the excess line you are ever likely to need , and its very concept of reeling will preserve the line from those snarls we mentioned earlier , because the line has little option but to reel back in the same form as it was reeled out . |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday and Aston Villa challenged hard , but fell away in the spring . |
| 25 | I get into impossible scrapes but win through in the end . |
| 26 | Before the railways came , livestock was usually driven ‘ on the hoof ’ to the market , which not only took time but resulted inevitably in the animals losing weight and hence value . |
| 27 | He remained in the background in much of Jewish history , but appeared again in the Prophets ' teachings . |
| 28 | He retired from his position as general manager in 1919 and was appointed a director of the company , but resigned later in the same year on his appointment as consulting mechanical engineer to the newly formed Ministry of Transport , a position he held until 1927 . |
| 29 | The population of Korea averaged around eight million during the Yi era but increased rapidly in the twentieth century growing from approximately ten million in 1900 to about thirty million in 1949 . |
| 30 | Bicker did not dismount , but leaned forward in the saddle and nodded to the river pilot . |