Example sentences of "but [vb past] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amidst the unhilarious mayhem , a bespectacled and wide-eyed Dustin managed to time a few gags well , but became swamped by the strained and desperate elements of the ridiculous plot . |
| 2 | He charged the half-mile to the narrow exit lane at the eastern end of the Bay , wedged between the point and the beach , but got trapped in the surging rip current that dragged him towards Coffin Corner , the shipwrecking rocks at the west end of the Bay . |
| 3 | I was a little unsettled by the fury of the blizzard , and hugged the top of the ridge all the way along , but avoided taking in the top due west of Cairn Gorm in case I was blown off my feet . |
| 4 | He treated Vial leniently in his committee 's report , but failed to press for the early appointment of the necessary second professor . |
| 5 | He was selected to run in the 100 and 200 metres in the 1924 Olympics in Paris , but declined to run in the 100 metres on religious grounds , because the heats were to be run on a Sunday . |
| 6 | He lost by 2,412 votes but returned to win at the General Election three months later with a majority of over 3,000 . |
| 7 | Dunlop cheese was produced on most Ayrshire farms right into the 20th century but began to decline after the Scottish Milk Marketing Board was set up in 1933 . |
| 8 | Fred Hoyle , in 1961 , also suggested that the protosun had originally contracted by shedding more of its outer web , but managed to spread to the outermost periphery of the Sun , carrying with it the Sun 's angular momentum . |
| 9 | Gervais Sindakira was injured but managed to run to the main seminary buildings and was sheltered between two priests in the pupils ' refectory . |
| 10 | FORMBY always looked the better side but had to wait until the 85th minute before they gained their just reward , Paul Proctor scoring . |
| 11 | Nigel Richardson , of merchant bank S G Warburg , said Mr Lamont had faced a fine judgment between an electoral giveaway and financial prudence , but had fallen between the two . |
| 12 | Senator Jesse Helms ( Rep. , North Carolina ) had introduced a series of broader amendments in July , but had settled for the agreed measure . |
| 13 | In spite of these initial advantages , furnishing fabrics , as clothes , were badly in need of overall direction and it was also in Paris that a young woman who had no formal design training but had worked for the exclusive Colefax and Fowler , was hired . |
| 14 | He was immediately given extended leave to undergo psychiatric therapy but refused to cooperate with the medical staff and was retired from Delta at his own request a month after he returned to work . |
| 15 | He shook hands and chatted briefly with some of the several dozen supporters gathered outside in the cold , but refused to comment on the national picture . |