Example sentences of "but [verb] with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went through a schools system which made art compulsory , failing the subject at O-level but passed with flying colours to gain an Alevel in sculpture . |
| 2 | A rhetorical question , but asked with deep feeling . |
| 3 | The hydrolysates are made up of cow 's milk , cornstarch and other foods , but treated with digestive enzymes ( see p 18 ) so that the milk proteins are partially broken down . |
| 4 | To eliminate multiple aircraft flights on the heavier routes FEC applied to the CAB to operate DC-9-15s , but met with tremendous opposition and their application was rejected . |
| 5 | He has the advantage of having devised a series of self-contained but effectively linked novels , full of properly casual back-references , in which he can show his hero changing with circumstances from the exuberance of a young lieutenant , to whom personal courage , seamanlike skills and informed opportunism have brought reputation and wealth , to a middle-aged man still exuberant but oppressed with financial cares and by the continual malice of personal enemies . |
| 6 | Dishonesty is also brought out in this scene , when the Duke expects Shylock to forgive Antonio in line 23 ‘ which is a pound of this poor merchant 's flesh , thou wilt not only loose the forfeiture , but touch with human gentleness and love , Forgive a moiety of the principal ; ’ . |
| 7 | It was the full Wagner orchestra , with full sonority , but played with real subtlety and the full range of dynamic levels . |
| 8 | The MainLan cards in the What Personal Computer system had both types of Ethernet sockets , but came with thin Ethernet cables , so that 's what we used . |
| 9 | He did n't really believe it , all the time he was being dragged through near-empty streets which were no longer silent , but filled with curious brawls , or outbursts of squealing or , what he had just heard , the sound of terrified retching . |
| 10 | Miss B : ( Thinks , ‘ Inquisitive old so-and-so ’ — but says with charming smile : ) Of course I do n't mind , but that 's something I do n't discuss . |
| 11 | Woe unto them , say I , who do not seek to improve themselves but cling with misplaced loyalty to the speech of their parents , as they do to the homes they were born into . |
| 12 | Without the gun but armed with suitable words , symbols or grimaces , a pointing gesture can be intimidating to the recipient . |
| 13 | Not squalls yet , but armed with sufficient force to drift Golden Girl to the length of her anchor warp , and there was a change to the sound of the swell on the reef , a growing harshness . |
| 14 | Ward does n't admit it , but faced with declining sales and lay-offs at Crewe the Continental R is the confidence booster the company needs . |
| 15 | It would be naive to think that HIV has not crossed the border yet , but compared with other countries Albania is in a favourable position to keep the pandemic within limits . |
| 16 | Single figures on their own can mean very little but compared with other sets of figures , they can take on greater significance . |
| 17 | No average for the country is available for comparison , but compared with other areas where similar surveys have been made this figure is regarded as a high one . |
| 18 | But blundering with long strides , long reachings , reelings |
| 19 | As part of the Perfectly Simple range , Muffins by Steven Stellingwert is a tiny book but packed with mouth-watering ideas and pretty illustrations . |
| 20 | It was a calculated tear-jerker , but delivered with great sincerity , and Kathleen found her own eyes misting over . |
| 21 | These included a Venetian work of 1641 , La finta pazza by Francesco Sacrati , which was partly shorn of its music but brightened with fresh ballets by a French composer and striking stage-effects by a celebrated technician Giacomo Torelli , on 14 December 1645 , and Egisto in February 1646 . |
| 22 | ‘ Way you go , Patty , ’ he said softly , and the dog was off , hurling herself along the embankment , all paws and flying ears , after a rabbit who had been sitting in a patch of sun but disappeared with contemptuous ease as she came close . |
| 23 | Pacey grasps the matter more perceptively when he says , categorically , ‘ he does not take refuge in the ambiguity of myths , but expresses with engaging candour and simplicity his own personal response to experience . ’ |
| 24 | And Queen 's hope that they will be joined by other top quality players who are currently studying at the university but play with other club sides . |
| 25 | This protein binds very poorly to the canonical octamer sequence but binds with high affinity to the TAATGARAT motif and degenerate octamer-TAATGA motifs and also induces DNA bending upon binding to these motifs . |
| 26 | He felt he could not give public evidence , for fear of reprisals against his family in Colombia , but spoke with great compassion about the plight of ‘ disappeared ’ people in his native country . |
| 27 | A further 10 cases did not report gastrointestinal symptoms but presented with non-specific complaints of fatigue and lassitude only and were investigated because of unexplained anaemia . |
| 28 | Over the border into Snodland , but associated with Upper Halling is Lads Farm , approximately a quarter of a mile from the Black Boy , on the corner of the road that leads to Holborough . |
| 29 | Working from the original drawings a high quality coach true to the original , but complying with modern regulations will result . |
| 30 | She did not say this to Betty , but smiled with false self-satisfaction . |