Example sentences of "and [noun] but [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lisa was a close friend of Tolstoy and Berdyaev but rejected their Christian ideas . |
| 2 | This can happen in the closest of relationships when the parent is wanting to be caring and kind but realizes that some limits need to be set . |
| 3 | Improving written communications and running effective home — school relationships will have costs in time and money but smiling a lot and being nice to people does n't knock a hole in the school budget . |
| 4 | Garrett ( 1986 ) quotes Hocking who called the syndrome ‘ miscare ’ and considers that many families begin their caring commitment with genuine concern and sympathy but become overwhelmed by the task , so the relationship sours , resulting in harm to the old person . |
| 5 | The architect did not try to reproduce a mediaeval church with aisles and chancel but chose an octagon shape with one side designated as an ‘ east end ’ with a window under which stood a Holy Table . |
| 6 | The move covers wines from France , Italy , and Germany but appears to largely exclude British products . |
| 7 | Again two main dimensions emerged from parents ' answers , called love-hostility and control-autonomy but referring essentially to the same features as the dimensions described by Sears and his colleagues . |
| 8 | It frightens me how a child can be made of flesh and blood but decay to wood . |
| 9 | Thereafter they were more widely spaced in both chronology and geography but have been recorded in 1817 – 18 , 1831 ( confined to Cornwall ) , 1847 ( again confined to Cornwall in England , though extensive in Scotland ) and final episodes in Devon in 1854 and 1867 . |
| 10 | Mr Maclean was answering an emergency question from the area 's MP , John Cunningham ( Lab , Copeland ) , who had visited Sellafield on Thursday and Friday but complained he had not been told of the leak . |
| 11 | Try moisturising cheeks and neck but avoid the naturally oily T-zone ( ie forehead , nose and chin ) . |
| 12 | Ask for advice and guidance but try to ensure that the policy decision-making and the responsibilities remain in your own hands . |
| 13 | Ali McGraw , who became wife number two , says she hated machines and motorbikes but had to share his fascination . |
| 14 | He had even introduced himself — ‘ Fusarri , Virgilio Fusarri ’ — with an eager , boyish air that matched his thin face and figure but belied his hair which was grey . |
| 15 | ‘ He needs a lot of leg and seat but try to keep your hand light . |
| 16 | Both Athelstan and Cranston gripped the warm bowls and sipped at the rich stew which scalded their mouths and lips but put some warmth into their frozen bellies . |
| 17 | The final and comprehensive pose struck by the Nun 's Priest is one that exemplifies the high ethic of the Canterbury Tales — a pragmatic and tolerant attitude of human good fellowship — by virtue of the truly merry tale that the Nun 's Priest tells , laughing at and with his characters and readers but scorning and destroying none . |
| 18 | This had become a wilderness of weeds and bushes but hidden deep inside was a derelict conservatory demanding to be restored . |
| 19 | Ian Durrant , whose midfield creativity will be crucial , appeared briefly as a substitute against Switzerland and Portugal but wins a starting role for the first time since being seriously injured four years ago . |
| 20 | The men drew to a halt , removed their hats and caps but stood regarding him in silence . |
| 21 | I am the driver and pusher but have had a hip replacement which restricts the distance that I can push the wheelchair . |
| 22 | The prosecution wanted the officers , who infiltrated a group of suspected hooligans , to testify behind a screen in sight of lawyers and defendants but hidden from the public to protect their identities . |
| 23 | The action moved to the Saints ' end where a cross from Kiwomya eluded Dozzell and Whitton but fell kindly for Guentchev only for the Bulgarian to blaze his shot over the top . |
| 24 | Ranitidine diminished the postprandial reflux found after breakfast and lunch but had no effect on postprandial reflux after dinner . |
| 25 | Rimsky-Korsakov added an orchestral figure representing flames for the immolation of the Old Believers , and brought back the Preobazhensky March ; Shostakovich added to that a reminiscence of the Dawn music opening the opera ; and Stravinsky used the intended tune plus two more , giving the ending a much more positive and balanced view of the Old Believers as not regressive and obscurantist but charged with dignity and Christian endurance . |
| 26 | I trip over a log and fall but do n't hurt myself . |
| 27 | He turned on his Calor-gas stove and heater but did n't light them and sat down to await the end . |
| 28 | Hoffa is played by Jack Nicholson , an actor who , like Brando and Hoffman , has boiled down his performances to mannerism and make-up but carries the part nonetheless . |
| 29 | The incident was discussed at a session of Georgia 's parliament on Dec. 17 when Georgian Prime Minister Tengiz Sigua spoke of " crisis relations " between Georgia and Russia but denied that the two countries were " at war " . |
| 30 | In its turn , the government rejected FMLN accusations that it was misleading national and international opinion into believing that the Treasury Police and National Guard had been disbanded when , according to the guerrillas , these forces continued to occupy the same installations , with the same structures and weapons but wearing a different uniform . |