Example sentences of "[art] [adj] but [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cullybackey horsewoman Jessica Chesney nearly clinched the Homepride Sauces International stakes on Thursday when she had the fastest clear round in the jump-off but tipped the gate to get an unlucky four faults . |
| 2 | The knowledge is adaptive when it can be fitted into an already existing framework within the individual but allows an extension of his capabilities . |
| 3 | The bulk of his writing appeared in the 1870s but enjoyed a revival in the 1890s , mainly because of its open display of virulently anti-Semitic and anti-Polish attitudes . |
| 4 | Chamberlain appeared to have collected Ritchie 's high cross from the left but lost the ball under the Sharp 's challenge . |
| 5 | The well-being of the community — largely composed of dairy-farmers — as a whole was bound up in the extensive municipal common lands , the existence of which not merely helped the poor but put a limit on the land hunger of the richer peasants . |
| 6 | Stein made the escapement of his German action independent of the key but mounted the hammer on the key . |
| 7 | This fiddling included overcharging , increasing the price of bread to unknowing customers , and keeping the price the same but reducing the size of the bread delivery . |
| 8 | No and mine 's the same but mind the sun do n't get on mine . |
| 9 | His powerful , concentrated , gently oaky Boteleur at £6.99 is a classic but needs a bit more time and his Green label Chardonnay also at £6.99 is a real winner , multi-layered , rich and toasty . |
| 10 | Grady slipped with a 75 but made the cut , as did Roger Davis with a splendid 68 to retrieve his position after a first round of 77 . |
| 11 | Son Stephen , aged 18 , had driven since he was a junior but decided the time was right to take a back seat to pursue a career . |
| 12 | I had been repelling all visitors with even the slightest suggestion of a cold but had no power over the internal workings of his cancer . |
| 13 | In the 1962 election he stood against McAteer , making it clear that he was just as committed a nationalist but criticising the MP for the narrowness of his appeal and calling on him to send his election literature to all voters , not just to Catholics . |