Example sentences of "but [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The final column of Table 3.12 also shows the summed results for both in situ and isolated molars ; this was done because post-depositional loss of teeth from the jaws increases the numbers of isolated teeth in fossil samples , which would include both the teeth already isolated in the pellet and the ones that were still in jaws in the pellet but became separated later . |
| 2 | This patient has never been in hospital , but became colonised after sharing a car journey with a P , cepacia-colonised CF adult . |
| 3 | In Korea negotiations for an armistice began in the summer of 1951 , but became bogged down as the American nation , unused to anything but total success , grew weary of the struggle , which dragged on indecisively throughout the remainder of Truman 's Presidency . |
| 4 | In the USSR itself , art flourished at first in experiments after the 1917 Revolution , but became confined to social utility after 1922 . |
| 5 | Amidst the unhilarious mayhem , a bespectacled and wide-eyed Dustin managed to time a few gags well , but became swamped by the strained and desperate elements of the ridiculous plot . |
| 6 | I thought this was completely mad but became enthralled as Tom , Dean of Agriculture at AUB and an expert in animal science , outlined all the possibilities and problems — he even knew the average milk production of a sow . |
| 7 | I tried six times but got turned down because I was n't sixty . |
| 8 | We did things like ‘ The Knife ’ ; that came fairly early on but got modified later . ’ |
| 9 | He charged the half-mile to the narrow exit lane at the eastern end of the Bay , wedged between the point and the beach , but got trapped in the surging rip current that dragged him towards Coffin Corner , the shipwrecking rocks at the west end of the Bay . |
| 10 | There , Emerson made a superb start but got caught in traffic at the first left-hander . |
| 11 | These are not blown away but remain attached to the parent . |
| 12 | The wood fibres are blown apart , but remain glued together at many individual points by the set resin , or connected by viscous strings of it if it has not quite set . |
| 13 | Wimpey made a loss in 1991 of £16.1m but has restructured by selling off businesses and said earlier this year that it believed the worst was over in the construction industry . |
| 14 | It rose during the early 1980s but has fallen 9% since 1986 and is now about the same level as in the mid 1960s . |
| 15 | He 's the eldest son of the Duke of Marlborough , but has fallen out with his father after 2 jail sentences for drugs and driving offences . |
| 16 | Planting in 1988 came within 15 per cent of the national target , but has fallen now to one-third of that level for the same cost to the taxpayer as in 1988 . |
| 17 | Its use perhaps reached maximum interest in the 1970s but has declined as the move for MCE has developed . |
| 18 | He has talked about TECs and has risen three times to intervene , but has declined to give the Government an ounce of credit for having established the TECs and for having taken that most imaginative step . |
| 19 | Cochrane , who will be assisted by former youth team manager Alan Skelton , returned from a spell coaching abroad earlier in the year , but has played in the Northern League for Billingham Synthonia . |
| 20 | Robinson , 38 , who began his West career as a winger 20 years ago but has played mostly as a back row forward , will also play for Darlington next season . |
| 21 | The Dutch parliament has recently decided that owners of contaminated sites should aim to clean them up to a level that is suitable for any use , but has accepted that where such a policy is uneconomic , it would be sufficient to isolate , control and monitor the land . |
| 22 | ‘ I think he was sceptical about our story but has accepted that it would be a waste of time trying to make anything out of it now . ’ |
| 23 | Dennis McNamee has resigned as secretary after three years but has accepted the post of president . |
| 24 | Neither has the polarity between Male and Female which we so take for granted ever been based on rock-solid foundations , but has depended on a variety of shifting meanings . |
| 25 | Whether she has yet reached the glorious state of fully-fledged butterfly remains a matter of interesting debate , but one thing is certain : each stage of transition has not only affected her personally , but has sent repercussions throughout the Royal Family and , most specifically , has completely changed the tenor of her marriage . |
| 26 | The 30-year-old Middlesbrough keeper plays against Brighton today but has withdrawn from England 's B international against Czechoslavakia . |
| 27 | Many more recent innovations in costume have led to today 's all-over leotard and tights which has not only given dancers complete freedom of movement but has given choreographers freedom to design as they will without constricting rules and conventions . |
| 28 | And God will not only listen to our insignificant prayers , but has given us his Spirit to enable us to pray and to share with us in that most demanding task . |
| 29 | Taiwan banned rhino horn imports in 1985 but has given traditional medicine shops until 1994 to sell existing stocks [ see ED 65 ] . |
| 30 | The fashion for exotic locations thrived during the early sixties , but has diminished as economic realism and improvements in studio techniques have respectively discouraged the wilder flights of fancy and provided generally acceptable substitutes . |