Example sentences of "[vb infin] but [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coil axles will interchange but have different braking systems on Ninety , One Ten and Range Rover . |
| 2 | As built , the original Time Rotor could not only rise and fall but rotate on its axis as well . |
| 3 | Well I think General Pershing will win but watch out for Our Margaret , twenty five to one . |
| 4 | A question is an attention-focusing device , especially on things that we do not yet know but know that we do not know . |
| 5 | I sit down and Bobby thrusts a gold-rimmed album into my arms , in which there are old photos of Gilly , Megan , Maggie and other people whom I do not know but have heard about . |
| 6 | But Joe did n't let the remark hang , as if it was something that he 'd felt compelled to let her know but did n't want to discuss any further ; he said , ‘ Are we going to stay here , or move somewhere warmer ? |
| 7 | But it is a necessary price to pay , if we want students to emerge with minds of their own , who do not merely know but understand in some depth what they know , and who are able to form and develop their own ideas . |
| 8 | On Saturday the pupils could enjoy the austere pleasures of going into the small granite town of Elgin , something Richard did not enjoy but decided to do because his injured feet ruled out most alternatives . |
| 9 | They did not attack but took up their stance on Halidon itself , covering that hill . |
| 10 | The aim , as Peter Hollins explains , ‘ must be to increase our level of performance to the point where , even if external factors turn against us still further , we will not only survive but prosper . ’ |
| 11 | We shall not only survive but continue to grow so long as we give value for money , retain our record of innovation and flexibility , keep the confidence and goodwill of our clients and ensure that we have the best possible range of materials , methods and people in the industry . |
| 12 | It is important to try not to let the negative memories predominate but to remember instead the many good and happy times together . |
| 13 | Yes that does n't exclude but includes all of that , but at the same time although everybody that 's going to read it may not understand the intricacies of it all as professionals we 're giving more than a passing nod , so that was something else , er er and something more involved than English teacher than making them jump through loops |
| 14 | When Moran eventually appeared he did not speak but fussed excessively as he put on socks and boots . |
| 15 | She did n't speak but settled her small , warm burden more comfortably against her arm . |
| 16 | Rafiq did not speak but stood looking at his two colleagues , an enigmatic smile on his face . |
| 17 | All their monstrous systems have so visible and necessary a dependence on it , that when this corner-stone is once removed , the whole fabric can not choose but fall to the ground . ’ |
| 18 | You were half-way to being a lady 's maid with these private patients and if they wanted you to paint their fingernails while they told you their life histories you could n't choose but obey . |
| 19 | Consider Richard Hooker 's declaration : ‘ God hath his influence into the very essence of all things , without which influence of Deity supporting them their utter annihilation could not choose but follow ’ ( Laws , ii . |
| 20 | And he could not choose but love him . |
| 21 | As you can not choose but see , he did not kill me . ’ |
| 22 | Cadfael could not choose but feel some sympathy for one whose dubious but daring enterprise had come full circle , and now threatened him with disgrace and punishment ; all the more as Cadfael himself had just been spared a possibly similar exposure . |
| 23 | Who could choose but look on this picture , and on that , and acknowledge and be shocked by the inevitable comparison ? |
| 24 | She felt her stomach tighten but kept her tone teasing as she asked : ‘ Anything you wish to add to that statement , superintendent ? ’ |
| 25 | If you do not reply , the PP does not repeat but goes on to the next question . |
| 26 | And , last but not least , there are some split-crotch red lace specials , with sequins spelling out S.O.S — no , not Save Our Souls as you might expect but Sell Out Sex , belonging to Madonna . |
| 27 | By four o'clock Thiercelin had decided there was nothing further he could usefully do but await events . |
| 28 | And what more could Miss Waters do but affirm that if one could not perform one 's Christian duty without being treated as a busybody then the parish had come to a sorry pass ? |
| 29 | The stewards inquired into the running of Yahoo and accepted Tom Morgan 's explanation that : ‘ He lost his action and did n't feel right and there was nothing else I could do but pull him up . ’ |
| 30 | My Lord Mayor , after that , what else can I do but to move ? |