Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] but [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Their system is very flexible in the forms of data accepted but lacks a formal data model for controlling structures and for providing a general means of manipulating the data . |
| 2 | In some cases , good hazard data exist but have simply not yet found their way into a GIS . |
| 3 | , who was previously poultry and extruded product business manager , will relinquish his responsibilities for fish feed but maintain his position as SW Region poultry business manager . |
| 4 | Here Alice and Philip exchanged , with their eyes , feelings about Jim ; exactly as people looked but did not speak , apprehensions over Faye — as if something there was too dangerous for words , or at least volatile , to be set off like a risky electronics device by an injudicious combination of sounds . |
| 5 | Somehow irreverent … and yet , what else could people do but follow the prescribed pattern , listen to the lectures , try to hide their fear and act normally . |
| 6 | Dame Jocelyn said she believed the corporation took a national perspective of what people wanted but admitted : ‘ A couple of times , yes , we have overstepped the mark . ’ |
| 7 | He had seven days in Lewes Gaol to consider the consequences of his ‘ having had means to pay but refusing so to do . ’ |
| 8 | well you know I know that some people do but do n't back down afterwards and then say oh well never mind it was my fault cos it 's not your fault . |