Example sentences of "but [verb] [subord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police said the raiders had taken £450 worth of sweaters but fled when disturbed by a passer-by . |
| 2 | Their achievements , such as wage rises and the setting of minimum wage levels , were not won through class struggle , but received as favours from local government in the expectation of their political support in return . |
| 3 | Kevin McCormack , the super-heavyweight champion , was denied entry but arrived as expected for yesterday afternoon 's weigh-in . |
| 4 | Confrontation with the enemy and violence done to him when necessary were not only justified but appeared as ends in their own right . |
| 5 | His first loves — to make use of Klima 's title — prove to be his last , but prove as engrossing to him as the lyrics in which his emotional development is encoded . |