Example sentences of "[v-ing] but [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She responded , not laughing but sucking in her cheeks like a man blowing onto his hands in cold weather . |
| 2 | He asked Blanche what was happening but discovered her gaze was locked on the other side of the room . |
| 3 | As soon as I see that a patient 's breathing pattern is changing dramatically or that the eye movement behind the closed lids is altering , I instruct him to be aware of and to understand all that is happening but to see it as if on a film or television screen , so that he is completely detached and feels no physical or mental distress whatsoever . |
| 4 | Corbett turned to his guide to ask what was happening but found the man had had enough sense and discretion to depart as quickly as possible . |
| 5 | Where informality is the keynote , a curve-shaped pond is more in keeping but choose a relatively simple outline |
| 6 | This is not cheating but acknowledging that the change-over period is one of difficulty and strain and should be made as attractive as possible . |
| 7 | What was more remarkable was that he was not walking but standing still . |
| 8 | She was still trembling but wore her defiant look again . |
| 9 | We might get a good ideas of the shape of the man we are promoting but do we really know the " shape " of the job he is going into ? |
| 10 | To choose er erm the labour party er housing er strategy , their housing policy is well gobsmacking but given that this is going to be recorded perhaps not a very good idea . |
| 11 | Downey admitted shouting but said it was on the spur of the moment and he meant no disrespect to anybody . |
| 12 | ‘ I can not give any indication on which companies we are meeting but suffice it to say that one is trade and the other two venture . |
| 13 | He made no attempt to re-enter the system without paying but bought two tickets from the machine while the bear waited meekly with bowed head . |
| 14 | Then west by Hermitage Water to Ewesdale and Langholm and so over to Annandale in the Lockerbie area , rough going but saving much in distance . |
| 15 | We thought it was the end of racing but looking back now it was the making of us as riders . |
| 16 | Francis retired from racing but has built a new career as a best selling thriller writer . |
| 17 | Mr Landon also argues that the problem goes much deeper than just testing but begins when children are first identified as having a problem . |
| 18 | Like others in his position , he wants to continue farming but has to question the logic and timing of a considerable investment . |
| 19 | The soldier said he did n't remember firing but thought he must have fired as the car was going away from him . |
| 20 | After yesterday 's case Shepherd said : ‘ Flash is now recovering but faces a further operation . ’ |
| 21 | To critics who say this is n't drawing but copying , Maureen Cox answers , ‘ In some sense , copying what you see is exactly what learning to draw from life actually means . |
| 22 | Julia was clearly on the point of accepting but remembering her manners pointed out that since Ian had brought her she could hardly desert him . |
| 23 | LADIES , have you ever fancied taking up jogging but get puggled running for the bus ? |
| 24 | Now , for once , he was n't demanding but asking . |
| 25 | The birds finish eating but do not leave the rock . |
| 26 | He kept running up to the cross-street turned right back towards M slowing but glancing at his watch to excuse a half-jog |
| 27 | This position of the mouth is convenient for feeding but causes considerable complications in breathing . |
| 28 | He used his hands flirtatiously , slowly , not flapping or pointing but caressing and floating , as if wiping his flat hand inches from the surface of a painting . |
| 29 | At the end of June 1862 , not long after Young Russia and the fires in St Petersburg — and immediately after an attempt on the life of the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich — Valuev produced a paper on the internal condition of the empire in which he admitted the many difficulties under which the government was labouring but proposed no more than converting the State Council into a somewhat more representative body and bypassing the judicial system to deal with radicals more speedily . |
| 30 | The middle-aged sleeping-car attendant was dozing but dressed . |