Example sentences of "but [vb past] [pron] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior Robert was still so blind that he almost stumbled on the steps , but recovered himself with aristocratic dignity and by the time he reached the tiles of the floor was his complacent official self again . |
| 2 | She had forgotten about her tea caddy and the friendly shopkeeper in Sunningdale and she had soon forgotten about the kindness of young people and was reminiscing about the days when she was not alone at the villa but shared it with seven others . |
| 3 | Some studies have used marks on shells that would disappear if shells decrease in size ; it is known that molluscs can remain living for long periods without detectable growth ; and some studies have recorded negative growth but dismissed it as apparent error . |
| 4 | Violette had set up as a paper restorer , an arcane occupation which took precise scientific skill but involved her in outlandish escapades with police and businessmen or lawyers . |
| 5 | Paxton 's SRI trials ( Paxton 1977 ) found that island-driving improved performance for shorter sentences but decreased it for longer ones . |
| 6 | This blighted his prospects but turned him into new paths . |
| 7 | He was born around the Darlington area and I heard that his family once had money , but lost it in some way . |
| 8 | And some say that Brendan Behan never wrote the song ‘ Old Triangle ’ , but learned it off another inmate at Mountjoy and claimed it as his own . ’ |
| 9 | Vařené hovëví se žloutkovou sýrovou omáčkou , which was boiled beef with a cheese and egg yolk sauce , served with rice , went down very well , but left her with little room for more than an ice-cream afterwards . |
| 10 | The 1944 Education Act created a unified framework which brought the church schools under state control ( turning them into maintained schools ) , but left them with varying degrees of independence , usually over religious matters , according to how much financial support the church continued to provide . |
| 11 | I explained about the green box , but said nothing about this notebook . |
| 12 | He had confidence in Timman 's ability to hold this theoretically drawn endgame , but tested him for four hours on Monday before agreeing to share the point . |