Example sentences of "[vb pp] but [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several calls have been eventually connected but are suddenly dropped by the system for no apparent reason . |
| 2 | One crew member ejected but was later found drowned , the other did not eject and died in the crash . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | All four men escaped but were later arrested . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | North Rona , twelve miles to the east , was once populated but is now deserted . |
| 9 | Building up the sides of the nest is resumed but is periodically interrupted so that more lichen can be added to the outside . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Storrie fled but was later traced to Blackpool . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The steam boiler was originally coal fired but is now fuelled by oil . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | If not urgent , two clear days ' notice is required but is often waived . |
| 18 | The only doubt about this was raised by the Court of Appeal in Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [ 1985 ] 1 All ER 724 where the court specifically left open the question whether additional protection should be afforded to an employer where the former employee is not seeking to earn his living by making use of the body of skill , knowledge and experience which he has acquired but is merely selling the knowledge to a third party ( see p79 above ) . |