Example sentences of "but [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But organizing a world tour that will take in places like Harare , Delhi and São Paulo as well as the normal rich-world rock centres is a major feat . |
| 2 | Reeve repeatedly played a shot that began as a hook but became a tennis lob when he refrained from bending a the elbow : unique , but not worth patenting . |
| 3 | Brian Hopgood of Marsden Avenue , Irby , said he played for ADS Graphics in the first half but became a spectator when he was substituted just after half time . |
| 4 | Ossman was not shown but became a stud dog , — most useful as breeders in Sweden would continue line-breeding . |
| 5 | The ‘ better ’ one was the 13th , where the shot would have been an iron but became a four-wood because of one of Augusta 's rare bad lies . |
| 6 | That might be the motto of the Scottish Health Education Group who not only advertise on television but sponsor a radio soap opera , to say nothing of the Scottish football team . |
| 7 | The Committee was equivocal on this , but recommended a formulation which would be broad enough to encompass these wider factors — ‘ the balance of the woman 's mind was disturbed by reason of the effect of giving birth or circumstances consequent upon that birth ’ . |
| 8 | But Something must be Done , and I collar our captain , who is not in his office but enjoying a cigar on the pool deck with the purser . |
| 9 | The control of fire is the mark of the civilization man aspires to , but constitutes a kind of sacrilege , a " robbery of divine nature " , that must be paid for with immense suffering : human aspiration must inevitably bring man into conflict with the divine realm . |
| 10 | And if the form book is to be believed , Nashwan is clearly No. 1 because Ile De Nisky finished seven and a half lengths behind him at Epsom , but got a length nearer to Old Vic at The Curragh . |
| 11 | So he paid the A B C , went early as a result of ill health er but got a lump sum back cos he was n't allowed to go across this . |
| 12 | You know it is you do need that quality people who have a bit of insight but got a lot of those |
| 13 | Quiet but got a mind of her own , know what I mean ? ’ |
| 14 | But given a choice between , say , a 60-mm telescope and a pair of good binoculars , I would unhesitatingly prefer the binoculars . |
| 15 | This is less stringent than the German standards , but represents a toughening of earlier suggestions , which envisaged targets of only 60 per cent recovery , and 40 per cent recycling , although within a shorter time-frame of five years . |
| 16 | It would take too long to get the computer up and do it for you , but erm you can take that away with you if , if you like , that just makes the same points I 've been making now , but using a computer simulator . |
| 17 | B replied with an order , accepting the quotation , but using a form which incorporated B's own standard terms . |
| 18 | This exercise can be done lying flat on the floor , but using a bench stretches the lower abdomen more . |
| 19 | Also , cl 3.3 deals with the right not only to reject the goods in question , but grants a right to cancel the balance of the order as well . |
| 20 | he shook like a leaf but feigned a handshake |
| 21 | Infa-Riot , ‘ new punk ’ superstars , played the humble Pied bull in Islington last week but attacked a crowd including Johnny Rotten and Arsenal player Dave Smith . |
| 22 | Infa-Riot , ‘ new punk ’ superstars , played the humble Pied bull in Islington last week but attacked a crowd including Johnny Rotten and Arsenal player Dave Smith . |
| 23 | But seeing a look of sympathy , she replied : ‘ Yes , that 's right . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The judgment was the first major decision on the issue since the Supreme Court 's June 29 decision , in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey , upholding the constitutional right to abortion but accepting a state 's right to restrict access to abortion as long as it did not place an " undue burden " on those seeking a termination [ see pp. 38954-55 ] . |
| 26 | ‘ Hewden Stuart increased its profits steadily through the Stop-Go policies of the 1960s and 1970s but experienced a hiccough in 1979-80 when there was a fundamental reconstruction of British industry , ’ he explained . |
| 27 | Simon did well after that but made a pretence of simple good luck to anyone who questioned his apparent good fortune . |
| 28 | The cashier grumbled about changing Swiss money , but made a calculation that was to his advantage on the rate . |
| 29 | Although the week was reckoned to be a quiet one by Fair Isle standards , I not only added eight ‘ new ’ birds to my life list , but made a number of friends who remain friends to this day . |
| 30 | She maintained links with the Quakers but made a point of religious independence : ‘ As I am not a member of any community , no society can answer for my irregular conduct . ’ |