Example sentences of "[verb] but [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fled but was later caught by police . |
| 2 | Happy was hard to find but was generously cast as Bryan Gould . |
| 3 | They also began to suggest strongly that leys were not just the traders ' tracks that Watkins proposed but were closely associated with such earth energy if not actually marking the channels along which such energy might flow . |
| 4 | Orcs and Goblins almost overwhelm the remaining Dwarf holds but are finally beaten back at the Battle of Black Water . |
| 5 | But if the reality is allowed to stand but is also understood as a metaphor for the experience of all women , then I believe Mary can speak to our condition . |
| 6 | Raspberry vinegar makes a wonderful salad dressing but is also used extensively in nouvelle cuisine for sauces and trickled over soft fruits ( sometimes with a little black pepper ) . |
| 7 | Several calls have been eventually connected but are suddenly dropped by the system for no apparent reason . |
| 8 | I saw the patient on the ground and went to help but was immediately overcome by the gas . |
| 9 | One crew member ejected but was later found drowned , the other did not eject and died in the crash . |
| 10 | Greenblatt 's inquiry into the ‘ half-hidden cultural transactions through which great works of art are empowered ’ uncovers a process by which Renaissance texts subvert but are then contained by state institutions . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , the Department said later that the documents were not illegally leaked but were inadvertently sent to the Press Association because the two fax numbers were similar and the operator had mistakenly hit a wrong key . |
| 12 | The construct system does not just exist but is constantly tested and adapted with a view to perfecting its interaction with the world and improving its competence . |
| 13 | If the bride 's mother has subsequently remarried but is jointly hosting the occasion with the bride 's father : Mr Charles Brown and Mrs David Green … their daughter . |
| 14 | All four men escaped but were later arrested . |
| 15 | One of the conclusions of this research is that nuclear families are not isolated but are actually placed in a network of relationships with kin and others . |
| 16 | Some seemed quite certain of a mystery train — one they heard that came and vanished but was never recognised . |
| 17 | A lesser — £400 — scheme was about to start but was prudently postponed . |
| 18 | He survived but was inevitably captured . |
| 19 | That is , adjudication is deliberative rather than deductive ; it is concerned with the meaning of lex in a contingent situation and ‘ meanings are never deduced or found but are always attributed or given ’ . |
| 20 | North Rona , twelve miles to the east , was once populated but is now deserted . |
| 21 | Building up the sides of the nest is resumed but is periodically interrupted so that more lichen can be added to the outside . |
| 22 | He promptly went into hiding but was eventually captured . |
| 23 | Two defenders had scurried back but even so Parker looked destined to score but was then left holding his head in disbelief after pulling his shot badly wide . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Storrie fled but was later traced to Blackpool . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | In New Zealand it is still milked but is mainly used as a suckler for early-maturing calves , or as a terminal sire for easy calving in dairy herds , whereas in Australia it competes successfully in steer competitions , especially for home-frozen beef . |
| 28 | The steam boiler was originally coal fired but is now fuelled by oil . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | But the sight of the glass took him back into the past again , the past which he believed he had exorcised but was now fetched back in fragments and longer scenarios by every possible association . |