Example sentences of "but [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing for it but to go back the way you came , to Neu St Johann , thence down the Toggenburg valley through the resorts of Nesslau and Ebnat-Kappel to Wattwil . |
| 2 | This is not simply to force people into speaking blank verse , but to see how a person responds to the essential humanity of a character — for Shakespeare , of all the classical writers , is probably the most human , whose work is blessed with both grandeur and the common touch . |
| 3 | The diplomat knew that was untrue but asked why the man was imprisoned . |
| 4 | Couples not only finished top of the US rankings but became only the eighth player in history to win the Vardon Trophy , awarded for the lowest stroke average , and the PGA Player of the Year . |
| 5 | Irvine had been killed , not preparing for a piss but to carry out the same amorous duties I had . |
| 6 | However , Bott 's aim was not to test well-defined hypotheses , but to carry out an intensive exploratory study of a small number of families , with the idea of furthering psychological and sociological understanding of urban family life . |
| 7 | The object is not to create damage and disorder per se , but to carry out an act which is guaranteed to enrage the victim without doing what he thinks you are doing , i.e. stealing his machine . |
| 8 | She turned to march away but got only a few inches before she was hauled back . |
| 9 | Richards trailed 13–5 after ends but wiped out the deficit on end 11 . |
| 10 | Electricity again but using only a fraction of the power . |
| 11 | ( This correlation is somewhat inflated by the number of topics which hardly anybody in either group dreamed about- but using only the 15 topics dreamed about by at least half of one of the groups still gives a fairly high correlation of + .63 between the groups . ) |
| 12 | Forster was sorely tempted to nip out and confirm that the noise was coming from George by twiddling the volume and tuner , but fought down the urge . |
| 13 | Alison plans to vote Labour but thinks nationally the Conservatives might squeeze a victory on April 9 . |
| 14 | He fought like a fiend , but made not a sound . |
| 15 | October 1940 , but made virtually no progress in the winter months and the arrival of British Air Force units to assist the Greek troops , prompted Hitler to act in order to protect the very important German control of oilfields in Rumania . |
| 16 | A few seconds later the pipes are assembled and I enter the town playing Highland Laddie , not at the front of the column , but bringing up the rear . |
| 17 | The top two money-winners in the United States this season converted their two-shot overnight lead over Spain into a three-stroke halfway advantage but admitted afterwards the six-hour crawl had taken its toll . |
| 18 | Belinda risked a cautious glance at him , but met only an unreadable profile . |
| 19 | Today we can talk about sex without modesty or fear , but bring up the subject of death and you will be treated with the same social horror as if you had brought up the subject of masturbation at a Victorian ladies ' tea party . |
| 20 | It does not provide an important venue for researchers to announce new results , but offers instead a brief taste of science to the locals in more than 300 events covering everything from fitness testing to X-ray astronomy . |
| 21 | Giving a place a special label , and , in some cases , fencing it off , may raise people 's awareness , but offers only a flimsy barrier against developers . |
| 22 | The meeting voted for a revision of the Constitution to allow the head of state to appoint a Prime Minister but ruled out the introduction of a multiparty system . |
| 23 | A curious mix of tried-and-tested subgames that look pretty damn poor on their own , but make up a reasonably playable package . |
| 24 | There may be two bystanders , but they really , you do n't think they made any particular difference to the way the conversation went , so you might pick out relationships in general , or topic , or something else , but pick out the things that you think being significant in the conversation , and describe them . |
| 25 | The sexual revolution escalated the pressure and helped remove the prohibitions on sex , but changed neither the form nor the content . |
| 26 | In the other condition subjects viewed the same films in the same manner but described only the risks and potential risks in each section of film . |
| 27 | Sorrel could n't run to the back of an envelope , but found instead a spare section of Filofax pages , just about the most expensive scribble pad you could get short of using ten-pound notes . |
| 28 | He stared at the envelope again but found there no clue to what had been enacted . |
| 29 | Blanche looked up and searched the sky , seeking some prophecy of success or failure , but found only a sprinkling of stars brave enough to outshine the lemon gleam of the city 's lights . |
| 30 | She closed her eyes , desperately trying to find the anger which had protected her from him so far , but found only an overwhelming longing to simply lose herself in his arms . |