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Example sentences for "but having"

  • My quarters in the town were near an open quadrangular space about eighty yards square, inclosed upon all sides, but having a narrow entrance to the main street.

  • It was getting rather unpleasant; but having my revolver and a double-barrelled rifle in my hands, there was no fear of their being stolen.

  • Kalloe reported that Kamrasi had fired at the M'was from the island, but having no bullets his rifle was useless.

  • But having a little composed myself I renewed my discourse with Will Atkins.

  • But having failed in this and several other attempts of a similar kind, Sir Walter Raleigh surrendered his patent, and nothing more was done in colonizing Virginia during the remainder of that century.

  • Colonel Washington, by order of General Morgan, had pursued him with his cavalry, but having no artillery, he resorted to an ingenious stratagem to capture the post without sacrificing his own men.

  • But having intelligence of their design, Roldan stood upon his guard, and managed matters so dexterously, that he seized D.

  • But having no other way of counting time or ordering any thing else which requires counting, except by means of their fingers, they resolved that every one should be ready to destroy the Christians at the next full moon.

  • In the meantime I got on board, and laying hold of a rope, jumped upon the deck, but having lost my speech I found myself in great perplexity: and indeed the risk I ran was not less than when I was at the mercy of the genie.

  • They (the natives) did not fancy being too near the horses, but having dismounted, it gave them confidence, and they returned again.

  • There is plenty of water under this sand, but having only a small tin dish, the labour is too great.

  • We passed three rocky hills yesterday, not high, but having grass up to their tops, round which the river winds at their base, forming large and long reaches of water.

  • Its immediate effect upon the user is generally agreeable, acting as a stimulant to some, but having a soothing effect upon the nerves of others.

  • In a second bottle of oxygen insert a splinter without the flame, but having a small spark on the end.

  • Not melancholy this, nor poignantly sad, but having in it nevertheless something of the pathos of life unfulfilled.

  • But having no supports near he could not have remained.

  • I then bought a work on algebra in Cincinnati; but having no teacher it was Greek to me.

  • This left one back, but having one of McPherson's divisions he had still the equivalent.

  • The young foreigner at length emerged, unshaved indeed, and innocent of boots, but having in other respects an air of gratifying affluence.

  • But having to pass through a country uninhabited, where he met with violent winds and severe frosts, he was much checked in his march, and his men suffered exceedingly.

  • For he was not only put to the worst in the fight for want of skill, but having rigged up an old ship, which had been a famous vessel forty years before, and shipped his citizens in her, she foundering, he was in danger of losing them all.

  • But having more to say of this in the chapters where I shall speak of general and real knowledge, this may here suffice as to the universality of our knowledge in general.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    but being; but can; but even; but first; but for; but her eyes were; but instead; but its; but one; but presently; but remember; but she did not; but some; but soon; but they could not; but too; but upon; but went; but when they are; butter melted; butter over; buttered tins; easy sail; miles north; observations made; other banks