Example sentences of "but gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tory councillors attempted a similar move 18 months ago , but gave it up after a panel reported that any reorganisation would cause 10 years of disruption . |
| 2 | They said afterwards that Mr Patten listened sympathetically but gave no specific response . |
| 3 | The Governor urged China to take ‘ action to restore confidence ’ in Hong Kong , but gave greater emphasis to locals finding confidence within themselves . |
| 4 | Pergamon included an extraordinary charge of £38.7m but gave no further details . |
| 5 | A second cafe also refused the French note but gave him drink and black bread . |
| 6 | Eliot 's vision of the urbane savage was very different from Arnold 's , but gave him the same privileges as his Romantic predecessor . |
| 7 | He eyed Nathan suspiciously , clearly wondering whether he would survive the trip , but gave a reassuring ‘ impressed ’ look when Nat told him about our trip over Tromsdalen . |
| 8 | He started his own practice in the northern provincial capital of Tripoli two years later , but gave it up when he entered Parliament . |
| 9 | The country 's last president , a man of the centre-right , began by trying to liberalise things , but gave up . |
| 10 | It hired a competent manager from the private sector , Silvio Pelizzoni , but gave him little power . |
| 11 | He was then attacked by James , but gave him the same treatment . |
| 12 | He seemed rather surprised and told me it was painful , but gave in . |
| 13 | I refused but gave them a couple of biscuits and to their delight took their photographs . |
| 14 | Hailed as a modern masterpiece , it drew on the basic elements of nineteenth-century picturesque — towers , pavilions , arches , and vaults — but gave them a distinct Scandinavian feel and line , the spirit of the sagas , as embodied in the gigantic statues at the entrance . |
| 15 | Advances in pathology brought accurate descriptions of the different kinds of new growth and allowed some sort of classification , but gave little help in suggesting remedies . |
| 16 | Clover Roope , who later became a dancer , remembers going there to take lessons from a governess she shared with John 's stepsisters , and described how absolutely devoted she and they were to this young man with ‘ a fantastic nose and fantastic eyes and this rather long , lanky figure , who was not really a dancer and not really yet a choreographer , but gave the sense already that here was somebody important . ’ |
| 17 | He returned shortly afterwards but gave no indication to anyone of who had phoned . |
| 18 | It received a lukewarm reaction but gave the band much needed exposure . |
| 19 | Houghton was not briefed on how to break the news to the media but gave the impression that it was basically Charman 's decision . |
| 20 | I tried running but gave up after two paces , and then went from meditation to mental arithmetic , calculating the length of each step by counting them for each revolution of the wheel . |
| 21 | I tried to meditate to stimulate my faith but gave up . |
| 22 | These inventions not only relieved the boredom but gave escape from pain . |
| 23 | He also made the observation that the smaller bones were less frequently broken , but gave no supporting evidence . |
| 24 | His features were irregular , but gave a strong impression of intellectual energy . |
| 25 | They were four-and-three-quarter inches long , and would fit onto most machines , but gave only a few seconds extra time . |
| 26 | Watney owns a pub on the embankment ; the Bishop of Winchester once owned the land but gave up all title in 1884 ; Hampshire county council recently widened the road that runs along the top of the bank , but it refuses to get involved . |
| 27 | Indeed his work not only provided an answer to that particular problem , but gave a complete theory of a whole class of related problems . |
| 28 | There was no sound of a human voice enquiring for his safety ; he shouted that he was safe , but gave up when he got no re-assuring reply ; he wondered if his friends had reached safety or had been caught under the falling rock . |
| 29 | This Notice had no legal effect , but gave practical advice on the view the Commission was likely to take of certain types of agreement . |
| 30 | At his funeral , in St Nicholas 's Catholic Church , the Rev Anthony Curran praised the bravery of a young man who ‘ could have run to safety , but gave his life for his colleagues ’ . |