Example sentences of "[vb pp] but [be] [adv] [verb] by " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The steam boiler was originally coal fired but is now fuelled by oil . |
| 5 | 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 . |