Example sentences of "but [noun prp] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taylor/L , A G.C. O'Nion intercepted a Z.506B which made off on seeing the fighter and attempted to evade by making steep turns , but Taylor was quickly onto its tail and forced it down into the sea . |
| 2 | But Taylor was in a forgiving mood here in Santander when Clough was named in a new-look attack for tonight 's friendly against Spain . |
| 3 | Many FDP members had not wanted to save ‘ the old man ’ at all , but Adenauer was able to threaten Mende with the idea of a ‘ Grand Coalition ’ , that is a coalition between the CDU and SPD , such as was being canvassed by moderates in both main parties . |
| 4 | His racing career hung in the balance but Cardus was back on the track within a miraculously short time . |
| 5 | Supposedly no danger existed of an individual being prosecuted for happening to disagree with the government but Jessup was understandably sceptical . |
| 6 | Horner 's fierce forehand had been her best weapon , but Soutter was able to contain it with steady and accurate driving and a calm mind . |
| 7 | The ward had been closed by cuts but Poliakoff was only subliminally concerned with the politics of this . |
| 8 | She looked at Dodger inquiringly and back at me , but Dodger was just staring at me with her head on one side and drop dead in her eyes She was n't doing introductions . |
| 9 | Marcelle thought them dreadful , but Marcelle was French , and even if she was attired soberly , she would still think no-one outside France could dress at all . |
| 10 | Sometimes Victoria went with her and sometimes Victoria stayed at home but Victoria was never busy . |
| 11 | Not only was Mrs Funnell startled , but Victoria was too , and even Peggy herself as she rounded on the old woman , crying at the top of her voice now , ‘ Like all men of his ilk , with a bloody big moaning mouth , yelling off , I , I , I , all the time , his wants . |
| 12 | But Demyonov was dead . |
| 13 | Yes , but Vickers was much better . |
| 14 | But Stewart was n't there . ’ |
| 15 | But Stewart was in much better form — and scored the winner — as the Merseysiders launched their title drive with a 2-1 victory over Sheffield United on Wednesday . |
| 16 | They were lucky to lose almost three hours to rain , but Gower was still there at the end of the last day , having batted seven and three-quarter hours for 154 not out . |
| 17 | With an authoritarian captain to instil some pep into them , a draw or two may have been salvaged and it would have been just another defeat rather than an abject cave-in , but Gower was not able to pick them up . |
| 18 | Waqar had tome to come close to removing Hick 's head and they shaved his wicket with a rapid breakback , but Gower was still flowing when lunch came , England 195 for 4 and still some way from safety . |
| 19 | But Armstrong was found Guilty and became the only solicitor to go to the gallows for murder . |
| 20 | But Joel was Shasta Llamas ' resident naturalist mountaineer and survival specialist . |
| 21 | I was reluctant to think it but Jessica was becoming increasingly superficial , grasping even . |
| 22 | It was n't bad enough , really , for medical attention , but Sophie was bored . |
| 23 | He did n't know how it had happened , but Sarah was giving all her maternal love to the wrong child . |
| 24 | But Lawton was right . |
| 25 | The budgetary cutbacks gradually drove the directors gathered in Independent Producers to London Films , but Korda was having problems raising cash to fund production , and his British Lion company was on the verge of bankruptcy . |
| 26 | But Patrick was acting as if he lived her kind of life , which indeed he had once . |
| 27 | But Patrick was already halfway back to the Jaguar . |
| 28 | This time McKenzie took no chances at the start and started to gain an early edge , but Jimenez was always busy , firing away with both fists . |
| 29 | But Raoul was not interested in them . |
| 30 | I was up early in the morning , but Holmes was up earlier . |