Example sentences of "but [vb base] [adv] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firms have not boosted their exports as they could have done but have simply increased their profit margins on existing sales . ’ |
| 2 | They may have anticipated to the extent that they dread doing certain activities like going shopping with the children but have not developed their thinking to see how to avoid the problems . |
| 3 | Managers have probably sanctioned the purchase of computer hardware and software but have not involved themselves with their use . |
| 4 | The Government have put large sums of money into the public services for many years , but have not proclaimed it as a great virtue . |
| 5 | The Government have had opportunities , but have not taken them . |
| 6 | Poor communicator — they know what they are doing but have not told anyone else . |
| 7 | Several newspapers have pursued the allegations against Mr Bush but have not published them because they have never found any supporting evidence , although rumours have occasionally been aired on radio and television . |
| 8 | These new data have made for better informed controversies but have not resolved them all . |
| 9 | They have , of course , heard about the Holy Spirit , but have either put it all down to typical ecclesiastical in-talk , or assumed that it was not intended for ordinary folk like themselves . |
| 10 | What 's worse , they all got the boot but have since proved they can do the business at the highest level . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've had some quite interesting encounters between men and women who are a bit confused but have n't lost their desires . |
| 12 | Unlike its competitors , Eden is still avoiding building in support for wireless data networks in its machines : it 's an attractive market on paper but ‘ we 've looked at the available technology and put together designs , but have n't taken it very far because the pricing just has n't worked ’ says Crisp . |
| 13 | I 've had a lot of thoughts , but have n't set myself exactly what I want to do . |
| 14 | Footsteps are heard all over the building causing surprise and apprehension and expectancy in those visitors who have heard about the phenomena but have n't experienced it . |
| 15 | I 've putted well but have n't holed anything . ’ |
| 16 | I 've putted well but have n't holed anything . ’ |
| 17 | But have n't got one . |
| 18 | Or he could follow the Germans , who have duly provided him with an excuse for higher base rates at next week 's party conference — but have also made it abundantly clear that the Bundesbank is the dominant monetary authority in Europe , and our much-vaunted independence is so much poppy-cock . |
| 19 | A result of our own R&D , these have not only enabled us to increase margins but have also raised our market share in Europe and the USA . |
| 20 | The researchers have therefore not only separated out the effects of gluons from those due to quarks , but have also learned something about the still little understood way in which these building blocks turn into conventional particles . |
| 21 | Or you might want to put photographs into your brochures but have never considered it possible before because they are only photocopied . |
| 22 | In which case ‘ history ’ becomes a force to be resisted by readers who like literature , and who may also like history , but have never thought they were one and the same thing . |
| 23 | Though this may sound childish — and I was in fact childish in many ways , as young women are who have never had to shift for themselves but have always had someone to stand between them and the world — it did , in fact , help me to behave better to Nonni , who was not stupid at all in matters of feeling , and easy to hurt . |
| 24 | Ladbrokes had quoted Jenny Pitman 's gelding , who has been off the course for over two and a half years , at 33-1 but have now scratched him from their list . |
| 25 | The couple , who live in a village in the New Forest , took the baby back to the hospital because they feared they would become too fond of her , but have now taken her back . |
| 26 | Ladbrokes had quoted Francois Boutin 's colt at 40–1 but have now taken him out of their list . |