Example sentences of "but [adv] a [noun sg] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Sometimes the plug is easily visible but normally a probe is used to detect its presence in the vagina . |
2 | The room should only hold ten people , but somehow a space is found for Michael . |
3 | People have written hundreds of books about dogs , but now a dog 's written a book about people . |
4 | Generally there is a single figure , as suits the shape and purpose , but sometimes a second is added , as in fig 41 : brother and sister , as the epitaph tells us , the monument erected by their parents . |
5 | Many of them struggle on bravely and still manage to take a limited amount of daily exercise , but sometimes a point is reached when they are no longer able to go out alone at all to enjoy any kind of social life . |
6 | They are prepared and potted in the same way as soft cuttings , but occasionally a variant is used if the plant is less easy to root . |