Example sentences of "[noun] but [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Milan : Shares rebounded from Friday 's losses but ended below the day 's highs , with the MIB 0.43 per cent higher at 1,169 . |
| 2 | Always with resignation and with grief but buffered by the knowledge that he would no longer be in pain and confusion , by the fact that he 'd had a long and lively life — that he would be at peace at last . |
| 3 | Among puppies seeking homes are six which were given as festive presents but rescued by the RSPCA when the owners could not cope . |
| 4 | It had been the intention of the parties that the payments should be without deduction of income tax but , on the true construction of the deed , the husband should have deducted income tax : subsequently , the parties entered into an agreement , not under seal but endorsed on the deed , that the husband should pay such monthly sum as ‘ after deduction of income tax should amount to the clear sum of £30 . |
| 5 | The proposed gala contained many elements of reunification activities organized by Southern dissidents but banned by the government . |
| 6 | This invitation was accepted by the other resistance factions but refused by the State of Cambodia ( SOC ) . |
| 7 | It is likely that John was responsible for rebuilding the keep of Durham Castle , and the Crown in 1378 appointed him to carry out works at the castles of Carlisle and Roxburgh , the latter in Scotland but held by the English from 1346 until 1460 . |
| 8 | Cathy Gunn 's Medeva jumped £1 to nearly £3 but sagged at the close . |
| 9 | Allen had no home but slept in the church porch and earned his keep in any way he could and scavenged and begged when that was the only way to stay alive . |
| 10 | On the other hand , by the time of Herodotus and Thucydides life in the polis did not consist of isolated episodes covering heroes but depended on the continuity of institutions , laws , contracts , and expectations . |
| 11 | One proposal , in the works for the past two years but delayed by the change in administration , would deal with coastal ocean zones . |
| 12 | Adamson reached the turn in five under par but faltered on the back nine to finish on two under par 70 . |
| 13 | He did not go any further into the room but stood in the door keeping a watchful eye on Evans . |
| 14 | Isabella and Mortimer could scarcely hope to survive long in power : neither had a claim to the throne but ruled in the name of Edward III ; their authority was thus precarious and , given that Edward was in the Plantagenet mould , destined to early extinction . |
| 15 | Eadulf , a Saxon noble , was appointed to organise the defence of Sussex but died from the plague before much could be done . |
| 16 | Unlike the movement for judicial reform , which owed much to the right of the political spectrum but finished on the left , the government 's attitude towards freedom of the press began by reflecting the views of the left of the political spectrum but finished on the right . |
| 17 | Unlike the movement for judicial reform , which owed much to the right of the political spectrum but finished on the left , the government 's attitude towards freedom of the press began by reflecting the views of the left of the political spectrum but finished on the right . |
| 18 | Writers were pleased that the group showed no hint of compromise but lamented on the record 's lack of pop muscle . |
| 19 | She located most of the resources but checked with the librarian to see if there was anything " in the pipeline " which could be added to what she already had . |
| 20 | The ring of gas in Supernova 1987A was not created in the explosion but ejected from the progenitor star a few thousand years before the explosion . |
| 21 | He did not even state his demand but waited for the rupee to drop . |
| 22 | This has been one of the most controversial clauses in the Act and was deleted in the House of Lords but reinstated by the government . |
| 23 | By larding on the make-up , Jane Pargeter seemed to have regained the charm and sharpness she displayed on television but lacked on the afternoon following the murder . |
| 24 | Mrs Thatcher has merely utilized to the full the scope for untrammelled power latent in the British Constitution but obscured by the hesitancy and scruples of previous , consensus-based , political leaders . |
| 25 | So we find , for example , that men are like grass renewed in the morning but withered by the time of evening ( I 's 90.5 ) ; their days are like grass which is gone when the wind ( as here ) passes over it ( 103.15–16 ) ; the " son of man who is made like grass " is parallel to " man who dies " ( Isa 51.12 ) . |
| 26 | President Islam Karimov disagreed with the dissolution of the CPSU but resigned from the politburo on Aug. 23 . |
| 27 | On the second day Smith was palpably out lbw but went on the score 42 ; Mujtaba was given out when the ball seemed to hit his boot ; and Gooch , I believe , should have been given out three times in the second innings . |
| 28 | For consistency , the same ozone field was used in the radiative calculation but updated during the course of the simulations using either climatological or model-calculated values . |
| 29 | Similarly Henry V was seen as the Judas Maccabeus of his day who , faced by great odds at Agincourt , worried little about his lack of forces but trusted in the rightness of his cause , the piety of his people at home praying for him and for his army , and in divine strength . |
| 30 | Kurdish insurgent activity was not confined to Iraq and Iran but contributed to the atmosphere of insecurity that prevailed in Turkey before the military coup in 1980 . |