Example sentences of "[noun] but [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so it was my experience not to become closer to him in our isolation but to approach myself more closely . |
| 2 | A change of appearance was like hanging a net over a mirror , she had the same eyes but consoled herself by looking at herself differently . |
| 3 | When Isaiah had his vision of God in the Temple , he cried aloud in anguish that we lost : even the angels could not bear the sight of the divine majesty but shielded themselves from it with their wings , and he had gazed upon the Lord of Hosts with his own impure eyes . |
| 4 | Sufferers usually have a normal body weight but see themselves as being fat , bloated and ugly . |
| 5 | ‘ I need help , sir , ’ the old man said , ‘ and I have no alternative but to throw myself quite on your mercy . ’ |
| 6 | Many can afford the rents but find themselves excluded — often ostensibly because they have children . |
| 7 | Man may enslave the elements but remain himself a slave . ’ |
| 8 | Joseph Chamberlain retained his preference for independence but allowed himself to be overruled by Austen and by the overwhelming wishes of the Liberal Unionist Council to merge . |
| 9 | Let us for the time being not take a stand on this issue but address ourselves to the whole phenomenon in its strong sense . |
| 10 | He was about to tell the Headmaster the Bookman had a whole box of questions in his home but stopped himself in time . |
| 11 | I 've often thought myself ’ Brassard hovered on the brink of a confidence but pulled himself back just in time . |
| 12 | And what is fear of need but need itself ? |
| 13 | They do not abase themselves in penitence but see themselves in a partnership which accepts responsibility for establishing peace and justice on this planet . |
| 14 | Power is not something that is possessed such as blue eyes or red hair but manifests itself in terms of relations with others . |
| 15 | He did no wilful damage but regarded himself as entitled to go where he wished for the purpose in his mind without regard to the rights of ownership and the alleged presence of man traps and spring guns . |
| 16 | ( Cohen also refers , for instance , to white youth who supported overtly racist immigration policies but dissociated themselves from the National Front ; see also the research on white youth reported in Coffield et al. , |
| 17 | For she knew he had put Hector into the kitchen but remained himself . |
| 18 | This boast suggests that the vase-painters were not just copying the innovations of great artists but felt themselves in the van of the movement , true pioneers . |
| 19 | There have been various forms of the play but Punch himself is always a violent , pugnacious but droll and high-spirited rascal , hunchbacked , hook-nosed , and gaily dressed , who with the help of his cudgel overcomes all his enemies in succession . |
| 20 | Yolande , his queen , who could not even be bothered to inspect her dead husband 's corpse but keeps herself closeted at Kinghorn , claiming she is pregnant ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Mona , who has also produced plays and musicals for the West End stage , said she was proud of her ancestry but saw herself as English because she was raised here . |
| 23 | This is at its most practical in empathizing sufficiently to collect useful facts about a person but closing oneself to sympathy ; it is at its purest in vanity , basking in awareness from other viewpoints as long as it is of oneself . |
| 24 | It really is very difficult to convey , sir , the immense difficulties this woman was up against , trying to give her daughter the benefits of a modern education but bound herself by a family subscribing to a quite different system of ‘ mores ’ . |
| 25 | She debated whether to sit down on the carpet for a while but shook herself and rang the bell . |
| 26 | I will not list Frances ’ numerous qualities but content myself with saying that I know of no one who could fill her position as well as she … ’ |
| 27 | Drawing some inspiration from the American system of neighbourhood law firms but adapting themselves to local conditions and the rules of the legal profession in this country , the law centres now provide a local base for the dissemination of legal services outside the private profession . |
| 28 | A team works hard and plays hard , ie its members not only achieve challenging objectives but enjoy themselves as they do so . |
| 29 | She made an angry movement but controlled herself . |
| 30 | Jim must have felt like accelerating to the point of wheelspin but restrained himself and drove sedately to the Hungarian post . |