Example sentences of "but gave " in BNC.
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| 31 | I made a mental effort to visualise his new house , to create some mind picture , but gave up after a few seconds . |
| 32 | The bearded one did not believe his treacherous words , but gave him the benefit of the doubt and twenty-four hours to reveal the whereabouts of the vessel . |
| 33 | The paper ( published in volume 261 , page 301 of the journal ) contained a table of numbers for excess heat from the few cells that had measured ‘ positive ’ but gave no details of how many cells had balanced , or in their definition were deemed to be ‘ dead ’ . |
| 34 | CHART star Dr Alban trained for five years as a dentist — but gave up after a horrific teeth-pulling session . |
| 35 | The two men ran off but gave themselves up next day . |
| 36 | DON GOODMAN grabbed the goals that took the heat off boss Malcolm Crosby … but gave the credit to striker sidekick Peter Davenport . |
| 37 | I rumpled his dark curly hair but gave him a firm ‘ No ’ when he asked , ‘ If I play radio louder , me get better more quickly ? ’ |
| 38 | As in the past , James 's smile promised everything but gave nothing away . |
| 39 | It says its Nordic Data holding company , set up in late 1991 , had a 1992 profit after financial costs of £9.2m on turnover of £77m , but gave no comparisons with 1991 . |
| 40 | Qualcomm Inc , San Diego claims to have the industry 's first hand-held , dual-mode Code Division Multiple Access and analogue cellular phone : the 12oz CD-7000 accesses 832 FM channels and an equivalent 8,000 to 16,000 channels in Code Division Multiple Access mode ; it will be out in the autumn , the company said , but gave no prices . |
| 41 | He made a show of pursuit , but gave up at the first intersection , returning to Jude breathless . |
| 42 | Thus the ‘ qualities ’ covered a wider range of sports but gave them proportionately much less space overall than the populars . |
| 43 | Sir Peter was scheduled to sign for one hour , but gave way to popular demand and stayed for three . |
| 44 | The stoma care nurse arranged that she would visit Mr Reynolds when he had been home 48 hours but gave him her telephone number in case he needed help before then . |
| 45 | I am not teaching at King Alfred School Juniors , I started morning and afternoon , but gave this up at 5/ per day and only teach there mornings . |
| 46 | He tried to develop his own Formula One team in 1976 but gave that up in 1980 when near to financial disaster . |
| 47 | The discussion of this chapter so far might perhaps be summed up by noting that Lakatos aimed to give a rationalist account of science but failed , whilst Kuhn denied that he aimed to give a relativist account of science but gave one nevertheless . |
| 48 | On 29 July 1991 Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V.-C. [ 1991 ] 3 W.L.R. 857 dismissed the solicitors ' summons but gave them leave to appeal . |
| 49 | The Working Party did consider the possibility of using other measures of health ( or morbidity ) , but gave them short shrift . |
| 50 | She had also read about old people 's homes that ruthlessly exploited their pensioners : unscrupulous proprietors grabbed all they could squeeze from the social services but gave little back to the residents ; they cut corners on staff , food , laundry , and amenities and added to their profits by pocketing the difference between their sparse expenditures and the sums they actually received . |
| 51 | He shrugged his shoulders , but gave no answer . |
| 52 | The whole frontage was planted with short flowing shrubs and cacti , but gave the impression of opulence . |
| 53 | Dadda did n't answer but gave his awkward humourless grin . |
| 54 | He flicked up his eyes , small and blank , holes that sucked in everything around him , but gave nothing back . |
| 55 | The influential Rafael Rodriguez ( who at first refused government positions , but gave advice on economic matters ) believed that Cuba could not rely on the Western capitalist countries ( accustomed to regarding Cuba as their sugar-bowl ) for the assistance necessary to develop an industrial economy . |
| 56 | He looked surprised to see Cassie standing by the front door but gave her a friendly wave and began to walk up the path . |
| 57 | Johnson did not drink her proffered dram , but Boswell and the two guides did , and when she asked them for snuff , her great luxury , they had none , but gave her money instead . |
| 58 | Thus the Decorator collection , into which she plunged more and more of her energies , was not only a useful device for slicing through hidebound public taste , but gave Laura a focus once more for her creative effervescence . |
| 59 | He was shorter out of the City , but gave the impression of being more solid . |
| 60 | She said she had no time but gave way at his offer of an iced orange juice . |