Example sentences of "but [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 75th minute Whitton had his big chance of glory — but wasted it . |
| 2 | He admitted that they were from Camilla but passed them off as a simple gesture of friendship . |
| 3 | By February 1916 pressure was mounting again , and resolutions calling for compulsory national service were flowing in ; the Executive refused to debate them , but passed them on to Law nevertheless . |
| 4 | Simon looked at him curiously , but asked nothing . |
| 5 | We promised to keep in touch with her , but asked her not to communicate directly with our new daughter as she grew up , feeling instinctively that a child ca n't cope with having two mothers at once ! |
| 6 | He did n't look around when she came in , but asked her over the sizzling of bacon whether she wanted anything to drink . |
| 7 | Again answering no , I apologised but asked them to tell me what objection they had . |
| 8 | I said that I could n't fault their prices , but asked what would happen if I did n't pay . |
| 9 | ‘ So then I had an idea that if I went to a composer who wrote very tuneful music , but asked him to work electronically rather than with instruments , I might end up with what I wanted , which was music the ear could relate to , rather than musique concrète which was the other sort of electronic music being done at the time . |
| 10 | Now this short note cruelly dashed his hopes : the mysterious writer apologised for not meeting him but asked him to wait amongst the ancient ruins to the north-west of the Tower . |
| 11 | Following the extension until Dec. 31 of the period of transition to multiparty democracy which was to have been completed by Aug. 28 [ see p. 39041 ] , Prime Minister Joseph Kokou Koffigoh officially dissolved his government on Sept. 1 , but asked its members to continue in a caretaker role . |
| 12 | One of the officers whispered to the CO who nodded abruptly but asked his next question with less obvious sarcasm . |
| 13 | DSS officials agreed to talk to Mr Szuluk , but asked our cameras to leave the premises . |
| 14 | They specialise in interesting shirts as well as underwear which started as an experiment but became their best selling items . |
| 15 | He decided not to take part in the creation of the United Alkali Co. in 1890 , but amalgamated his company with another midland Leblanc soda manufacturer , Hunt & Sons of Wednesbury , in 1898 to form Chance & Hunt Ltd . |
| 16 | Surprisingly , Franco did not make an example of him as he had done in previous such instances of " insubordination " , but appointed him as Ambassador to the Holy See . |
| 17 | Jack dropped a couple of shots with poor putts but got them both back with a superb eagle at the sixteenth — an uphill par five with a difficult green , long and narrow and well protected with bunkers . |
| 18 | She tried to recall his face , but got it mixed up with the actor , Edward James Olmos . |
| 19 | I could lend it to you but got it at the moment you know . |
| 20 | Coleraine manager Billy Sinclair said : ‘ We might have lost by six goals but got our act together . |
| 21 | We went on airways , which was less interesting in terms of things to see but got us safety to Biarritz . |
| 22 | ‘ She 's taken the money , but got us nothing to eat at all ! ’ |
| 23 | Sir Geoffrey Howe , leader of the House of Commons , last night denied MPs would be exempt from paying poll tax on second homes — but agreed they would be able to reclaim the full cost from allowances . |
| 24 | A judge said it would be a ‘ bit bleak ’ if the authorities could not stop pornography coming into the country but agreed there was an arguable case for judicial review . |
| 25 | The first Test at Brisbane set the tone for the series : Australia disappointed with 166 , routed by Bedi 's 5 for 55 , but redeemed themselves by dismissing India for just 153 . |
| 26 | They were dismissed for 118 in only 44 overs but redeemed themselves in the field , cutting an impressive swathe through the Railway Union batting to win by 39 runs . |
| 27 | Prior Robert was still so blind that he almost stumbled on the steps , but recovered himself with aristocratic dignity and by the time he reached the tiles of the floor was his complacent official self again . |
| 28 | On no occasion did Pointer seem bemused or in doubt but led us on , disregarding the ankle-deep snow and the sudden flurries and falls from over-hanging branches . |
| 29 | The Jordanian government closed its al-Ruweishid post on the border with Iraq to all non-Jordanian refugees on Jan. 10 , but reopened it on Jan. 18 following renewed promises of UN aid to help with the costs of accommodating refugees from Kuwait and Iraq . |
| 30 | I liked the way you did not conceal your feelings but revealed yourself to us as a real and vulnerable person who had feelings you were not ashamed to share with us . |