Example sentences of "but although [pron] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although we found little , report had magnified our findings in no ordinary degree and we afterwards learnt that it had gone over the country around that we had dug up a great treasure of gold . |
| 2 | She expected to find Kathleen prostrated by the tragedy in her family , but although she spoke sadly of Cormac 's wasted life and her mother 's collapse , Kathleen seemed remarkably untouched by the tragedy . |
| 3 | But although she did not deny it she knew nothing . |
| 4 | But although he listened politely to these ideas , Thornton became irritated that none of the people had done any business sums . |
| 5 | But although he looked down on Nuri he also looked up at him , and because of that Nuri had a unique ability to touch Mahmoud on the raw . |
| 6 | Soon after this , his name was put forward for the Jamaican Senate and he became a member , but although he attended regularly it was not something he took to . |
| 7 | No doubt it amused him , but although he did n't laugh outright he took this way of telling her she could forget it . |
| 8 | Looking back , Gorbachev was prepared to acknowledge ‘ mistakes in tactics ’ ; but although he travelled more widely throughout the country than previous Soviet leaders , he was also guilty of some remarkably insensitive mistakes ( as when he twice referred to the Soviet Union as ‘ Russia ’ during a visit to the Ukraine ) . |
| 9 | But although it had now been raining for several hours , there was not the least damp or cold either in the deep runs or in the many burrows that they passed . |
| 10 | But although it staggered once more , it still did n't drop . |
| 11 | This , Mwangaza ( ‘ Light ’ ) , was later to become the first Swahili daily , but although it cost only three cents it never achieved sales higher than about 1,400 . |