Example sentences of "but in [det] [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've seen one other case — where a woman fell on her face — but in that case she had other facial injuries which Lewis did n't have . |
| 2 | Until 1892 Townsend 's practice was made up of minor domestic and ecclesiastical work , but in that year he won the competition for the design of the Bishopsgate Institute , the first of the three outstanding public buildings that were to make his reputation . |
| 3 | He held his hand out in a gesture for her to come into the house but in that second she knew she never could . |
| 4 | I need not refer to his history in any more detail up to June 1990 , but in that month he went to a residential school where his mother continued to visit him and in October 1990 he absconded from that school . |
| 5 | The whole performance had taken no more than a minute , but in that time he 'd succeeded in turning the Chamber 's table into a fish-market gutter . |
| 6 | Cardinal Hume is 70 years old , but in that programme he looked at the vocation to the religious life with all the zest of youth . |
| 7 | They did find high incidence of eye diseases among local animals , but in each case they concluded that the most likely cause was infection from a common pathogen . |
| 8 | It was not necessary , he could have rung once he had arrived , but in this way he committed himself . |
| 9 | Eisenhower conceded that the West was suffering from " the tyrannies of the weak " , but in this instance he did not question the legality of the act of nationalization . |
| 10 | There is certainly a good argument that in some situations shellac would not be an adequately strong finish , but in this case we had a fine table with a burr walnut surface which should be treated with a certain amount of care and respect in general use . |
| 11 | The people of Lewis do not always present a sympathetic profile but in this case they had my sympathy and for two reasons . |
| 12 | Judge David told them , their lives had been devoted to the relief of pain and suffering but in this case they chose to inflict considerable pain on a young woman in their care , isolated by their way of life . |
| 13 | ‘ But in this case you decided it would be a good idea to leave me entirely in her more than capable hands ? ’ |
| 14 | He was famous for picking sportsmen young and preparing them for success ; but in this case he had picked an apparent no-hoper like Harley , who immediately confirmed his judgement by notching up three tournament victories . |
| 15 | The relevant statute empowered the minister to set up such a committee but in this case he refused to do so on the ground that the complaint was unsuitable for investigation because it raised wide issues ; that if the committee upheld the complaint he would be expected to make an order to give effect to the committee 's recommendations ; and that the complaint should be dealt with by the Board rather than by the committee of investigation . |
| 16 | The nominal subject of such quarrels is of course secondary to the couple 's need to hurt each other , but in this case it appeared to centre on the Parsons ' childlessness . |
| 17 | Traditionally , African beer is drunk from a large cup , passed round the groups of drinkers , but in this village they had a different technique : they brewed the stuff in an old oil drum and served it up in buckets . |
| 18 | As the wife of the civic leader , Mrs Murphy had to do considerable entertaining in generous western style , but in this field she made no attempt to keep pace with Olga Stych or Donna Frizzell ; she knew when she was beaten . |
| 19 | He may have felt nervous about having plundered Calcutta or he may have thought he had done enough to show who was master in Bengal , but in any case he withdrew and paid the Company some compensation for its losses . |
| 20 | But in any case I 'd chucked all me things in the cemetery , you know , and that 's so when they caught up with me I had n't got any newspapers . |
| 21 | In one way it was good to have success so quickly , but in another way it meant I was facing things for which I was n't really prepared . |