Example sentences of "but [prep] a [noun sg] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision to compete with the fiction lending libraries altered things , but for a while the old remedy of pulping was resorted to , sometimes with amusing consequences as the flood of popular titles reached ever greater strength . |
| 2 | But after a while the Yugoslav government took them over , and converted them into agreements to supply oil . |
| 3 | But after a while the chaste quality of their relationship grew irksome . |
| 4 | But after a while the White Rabbit came past again , looking for his white gloves and his fan . |
| 5 | But after a time the right person could tie you down . |
| 6 | As it was no longer raining they had not taken shelter in any of the caves , but after a time the thin man out of sheer restlessness looked into the nearest and came out carrying a sack . |
| 7 | But within a fortnight the Indian Round Table Conference had opened in London , and the second fissiparous issue had filled any gap left by the temporary subsidence of the first . |
| 8 | But within a century a great change took place . |
| 9 | From the surrounding dales , Ingleborough 's finer parts are often hidden by the billowing folds of its foothills , but from a distance the stepped profile is easily recognisable , and dominates the countryside of West Craven . |