Example sentences of "but [adv] [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord John did not ride his horse , but rather drove in a gleaming open cabriolet that he had brought from London . |
| 2 | Between the wars the Salvation Army started in Kent Road , but only lasted for a few years . |
| 3 | Each covered his river valley with a new castle , wooden at first but soon replaced with a substantial stone structure . |
| 4 | They were hollowed-out places , but always came to a dead end . ’ |
| 5 | Gardner , now recovered from serious injury but still niggled with a nagging wrist , and his fellow-Australian Mick Doohan lead the Rothmans Honda challenge . |
| 6 | Mr Smyth said Williams worked as a leisure professional but also served as a Special Constable and was hoping to become a police officer in the future . |
| 7 | Increased manning of the slaughter line increased the labour cost but also resulted in a higher quality product with a longer shelf life . |
| 8 | Jean Bevan , the second of these two , had a middle-class previous occupation nursing — but also lived in a working-class area . |
| 9 | In public discussion , however , the idea that genes account for most variation among IQs seems not only controversial but also associated with a few men of allegedly questionable character . |
| 10 | The other two teams were line managed by their local Area Directors , but also worked through a Senior Professional Officer for some purposes . |
| 11 | First , a significant element of research is not only funded by the government , or quasi-governmental agencies , but also organized on a customer-contract basis . |
| 12 | But then avowed with a great deal of feeling , ‘ I sorely needed somebody 's help when , with daylight I returned to that hotel and discovered you 'd taken a train back to Mariánské Láznë ! ’ |
| 13 | The government and its supporters eventually accepted this but then insisted on a 75 per cent majority applying to regional issues , including the country 's future status as a unitary or a federal state . |
| 14 | It also sprayed urine in a desultory fashion , but never behaved like a full-blooded tom at any stage . |
| 15 | He raised his right fist in the air and then his left , and he waved to the crowd but never broke into a big smile in celebration . |