Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] but [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richie dialled the number he had never written down but always carried in his memory . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it is good to see a film about a region which is often written about but rarely filmed . |
| 3 | that are slept on but never opened . |
| 4 | James said , getting up but still hunched over , ‘ a friend indeed ! ’ then noticing blood staining the white shirt cuff : ‘ Your knuckles , man … ’ |
| 5 | Sally quite enjoyed the visits but Paula had no patience for making conversation with Gran , who tended to have very old-fashioned , dyed-in-the-wool ideas and was easily shocked , and she hated having to eat her way through the ham salad and bread and butter , Victoria sponge and tinned fruit and cream which Gran not only laid on but also piled high on her plate because she thought Paula much too thin . |
| 6 | She could n't go on but instead made a vague gesture with her hands . |
| 7 | At Notting Hill , Carnival was rained on but still managed to struggle past the 7pm curfew in parts , though sensible southerners spent Monday in the marquee at the Full Circle all-dayer . |
| 8 | But the promotions appear not only to have brought resentment among officers who were passed over but also failed to overcome unrest at hardship caused by US sanctions . |
| 9 | I was invited to join in but always found excuses not to do so , saying that I had early afternoon lessons . |
| 10 | John Wallace , one of the magistrates of the burgh of Arbroath , explained his reasons for seeking a sinecure appointment worth £50 or so for his son , by emphasising his fear that ‘ the lad will turn out but indifferently qualified for business otherways I should not give so much trouble in asking something for him … |