Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] but [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the early centuries of Aethis 's rule news of the founding of a new human empire reached Ulthuan but seemed no cause for concern . |
| 2 | The sleeve , a purple tint of yet another naked and desperate young man , did little but submerge the record further into dullness . |
| 3 | As a consequence , Liverpool always appeared vulnerable but took the lead twice through Thomas and Rosenthal . |
| 4 | It was an unusually poor night for Jeremy Maxwell whose Fun ‘ N ’ Games jumped badly in the Mickey McArdle Chase won by Harristown Lady while Banour ran better but found the pace too hot in the Carrolls Hurdle won by Frank Berry 's Shankorak for the second year running . |
| 5 | The statements said that NATO remained essential but welcomed the growth of a " European identity " in defence matters , expressed in the European Communities ( EC ) and in the Western European Union ( WEU ) . |