Example sentences of "[vb pp] but [be] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several calls have been eventually connected but are suddenly dropped by the system for no apparent reason . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , the Department said later that the documents were not illegally leaked but were inadvertently sent to the Press Association because the two fax numbers were similar and the operator had mistakenly hit a wrong key . |
| 3 | One of the conclusions of this research is that nuclear families are not isolated but are actually placed in a network of relationships with kin and others . |
| 4 | Woollen cloth led but was increasingly supplemented by a wider range of manufactured goods as well as by re-exports of tobacco , sugar and dyes . |
| 5 | Storrie fled but was later traced to Blackpool . |
| 6 | The gig continued but was effectively overshadowed by the possibility of impending disaster and it was n't until the encores of ‘ William , It Was Really Nothing ’ , ‘ Heaven Knows I 'm Miserable Now ’ and ‘ Barbarism Begins At Home ’ that they slipped into the comfort of early promise . |
| 7 | In New Zealand it is still milked but is mainly used as a suckler for early-maturing calves , or as a terminal sire for easy calving in dairy herds , whereas in Australia it competes successfully in steer competitions , especially for home-frozen beef . |
| 8 | The steam boiler was originally coal fired but is now fuelled by oil . |
| 9 | The claims of increased activity were disputed but were apparently confirmed by the absence of those traditional indicators of NHS inactivity — hospital beds temporarily closed as a year end cost saving exercise . |