Example sentences of "but [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was kind of forced into that because it was only bass and guitar and I was trying to do as much rhythm as I could , but stab a few notes in here and there to make it sound like there was more than there really was . |
| 2 | But organizing a world tour that will take in places like Harare , Delhi and São Paulo as well as the normal rich-world rock centres is a major feat . |
| 3 | In the late eleventh and twelfth centuries city after city set the bishop aside ( often with his consent ) and established committees of consuls , or some other ruling authority , not perhaps quite democratic — for they represented the powerful citizens , not the polloi — but reflecting a new and vivid aspiration . |
| 4 | But eat a good breakfast we could not , being ‘ journey-proud ’ , as our old cook used to express our excited state … |
| 5 | Made without unnecessary extravagance but containing action , spectacle and visual magic , they are films that spring out of the native culture but articulate a broad vision that can ring chords wherever they are shown . |
| 6 | Education is seen to include some of this , but goes a long way beyond competence in application . |
| 7 | This power had never been previously used , but became a key element in the plan to save Hector 's dolphin through the establishment of a marine mammal sanctuary around Banks Peninsula . |
| 8 | The ‘ better ’ one was the 13th , where the shot would have been an iron but became a four-wood because of one of Augusta 's rare bad lies . |
| 9 | Ossman was not shown but became a stud dog , — most useful as breeders in Sweden would continue line-breeding . |
| 10 | Reeve repeatedly played a shot that began as a hook but became a tennis lob when he refrained from bending a the elbow : unique , but not worth patenting . |
| 11 | The Church drew ever closer to the State but became a distinctly junior partner . |
| 12 | Incomes policies were first adopted in the UK in the late 1940s but became a regular feature during the 1960s . |
| 13 | Brian Hopgood of Marsden Avenue , Irby , said he played for ADS Graphics in the first half but became a spectator when he was substituted just after half time . |
| 14 | Sir William dealt with this in his own typical fashion , hanging three Douglas ringleaders there and then , but demanding a like example to be made of the Hamiltons , which was scarcely equitable , since the Douglases had started it all and were three times as numerous as their hereditary foes . |
| 15 | That might be the motto of the Scottish Health Education Group who not only advertise on television but sponsor a radio soap opera , to say nothing of the Scottish football team . |
| 16 | The Committee was equivocal on this , but recommended a formulation which would be broad enough to encompass these wider factors — ‘ the balance of the woman 's mind was disturbed by reason of the effect of giving birth or circumstances consequent upon that birth ’ . |
| 17 | The Committee 's Secretariat reviewed the existing models , particularly the Hague and Inter-American instruments and an Agreement relating to Writs and Letters of Request adopted in 1952 by the Council of the League of Arab States , but recommended a ‘ common integrated and comprehensive approach ’ which would cover civil and criminal matters , and both service and the taking of evidence . |
| 18 | Kermode felt Limb would have to be greeted but recommended a low-key approach . |
| 19 | But Something must be Done , and I collar our captain , who is not in his office but enjoying a cigar on the pool deck with the purser . |
| 20 | The control of fire is the mark of the civilization man aspires to , but constitutes a kind of sacrilege , a " robbery of divine nature " , that must be paid for with immense suffering : human aspiration must inevitably bring man into conflict with the divine realm . |
| 21 | And if the form book is to be believed , Nashwan is clearly No. 1 because Ile De Nisky finished seven and a half lengths behind him at Epsom , but got a length nearer to Old Vic at The Curragh . |
| 22 | The 19-year-old keeper had kept a clean sheet in his four previous games but got a rude awakening against a Newcastle side that can do no wrong . |
| 23 | So he paid the A B C , went early as a result of ill health er but got a lump sum back cos he was n't allowed to go across this . |
| 24 | Quiet but got a mind of her own , know what I mean ? ’ |
| 25 | You know it is you do need that quality people who have a bit of insight but got a lot of those |
| 26 | Indeed , Irish people have sought survival elsewhere , and people often left this country because they did not wish to stay in the slums of London , Birmingham or Liverpool but sought a better life in Australia or elsewhere . |
| 27 | But given a better switch and pots , and a beefier bridge pickup , old blue would n't fall far short of the maximum . |
| 28 | But given a choice between , say , a 60-mm telescope and a pair of good binoculars , I would unhesitatingly prefer the binoculars . |
| 29 | The Humanist stress on the importance of the word was not only redoubled but given a special orientation by the Reformation-which experienced its supreme crisis , the Diet of Worms , in 1521 , four months before Josquin 's death . |
| 30 | The Saudi plant at Safaniya was closed as a precautionary measure on Feb. 8 , but reopened a few days later . |