Sentence examples for but rather did from inspiring English sources

He kept mentioning this even after his mother told The Daily News that she never worked in a factory but, rather, did piecework at home.

The official said that Mr. Gorbachev did not give Mr. Bush a clear no on those points but rather did not register the approval that he offered on the other issues.

The question driving "What's Your Number?" is not the usual romantic comedy teaser of "Will girl get boy?" but, rather, "Did girl get so many boys she won't get her man?" Ally Darling (Faris), a hard-partying thirty-something who's just lost her job, reads in Marie Claire that if a woman sleeps with more than twenty men she'll never get married.

When evaluating polyamorous relationships, the question should not be "is this what I, in my marriage, want?", but rather, "did they achieve what they wanted?" The story where the woman wants just one guy for ever is easier to tell – especially when men are the ones telling it.

The Olana guide said that Church did not paint his paintings on site but rather did drawings.

Gibbons did not sit down and design the characters deliberately, but rather "did it at odd times... spend[ing] maybe two or three weeks just doing sketches".

Our principle should not be "Never negotiate with terrorists" but rather "Don't reward terrorism".

As the question is not is the ability to determine weather conditions by aching joints a popular phenomena but rather does it exist at all in one individual.

(Do not combine them but rather do it in separate batches, as the nuts take different times to become golden and fragrant).

He said he has never used a pen and ink, but rather does his drawings with a computer mouse on a Macintosh desktop.

"Now he realizes he can't just say, 'Do it,' but rather, 'Do it because....' He's doing a better job communicating".