Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] but the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Jury said that he would be charged with the theft of the ring , and was going to be hanged but the ring had cost eleven pence and one halfpenny . |
| 2 | ‘ A few people told me it could n't be done but the prep races all fitted into his programme and we would hope to do something along similar lines next time . |
| 3 | The laundry women and the scrubbers had asked for dinner to be provided but the committee felt that ‘ the wages of these employees were quite adequate ’ and the application was rejected . |
| 4 | Now according to Hahnemann being better is n't a sign to stop the medicine , his argument is that the symptoms may be gone but the patient has not yet demonstrated that the predisposition has been removed . |
| 5 | Everyone agreed that ‘ socialist' ’ should be removed but the debate exacerbated nationalist tensions between Czechs and Slovaks . |
| 6 | The outcome will be recorded but the finding does not constitute a black mark on the record of the officer involved . |