Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [is] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned . |
| 2 | The girl has recovered from her wounds but is still taking tablets to sleep at night . |
| 3 | Coton , last season 's choice by his fellow professionals as the country 's top goalkeeper , has been in England squads for two years but is still awaiting a first full cap . |
| 4 | As far as the Channel Tunnel is concerned it has reluctantly accepted the need for on-train immigration checks but is still insisting that customs checks must be carried out at the terminals , against the advice of commercial interests who see such checks as detrimental to the ‘ user friendliness ’ of the Tunnel . |
| 5 | Mr Sulzberger reckons his newspaper ‘ is slightly left of centre on social issues and slightly left of centre on economic issues but is rapidly becoming more conservative on everything . ’ |