Example sentences of "but [vb past] [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he did not want to involve British troops and planes in action , but admitted for the first time that it was a possibility . |
| 2 | European car sales in 1992 sustained previous record levels but declined in the first quarter of calendar year 1993 . |
| 3 | She attempted a comeback in 1989 , but lost in the first round of both events she played before being sidelined by a car accident which required surgery on her right knee . |
| 4 | Lizzie jelfs and Caroline Billingham all qualified but fell in the first round … |
| 5 | Also in this category , but published for the first time in this volume , is the article Jackie And Just Seventeen which not only records changes in the content of girls ' magazines over the 80s ( since McRobbie 's original analysis of the late 70s , also included here ) but registers theoretical developments as well through its attention to the ways in which girls as readers both construct their own meanings and interact with the texts . |