Example sentences of "but [pron] [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The school is a snapshot of the American West , the great swath of the Plains between the Missouri River and the Rockies that makes up one fifth of continental America but which in the last generation has become known as the Empty Quarter , or the Dying Heart of the US . |
| 2 | But what of the fourth situation which is actually the most likely outcome ? |
| 3 | But what in the sixteenth century had been a highly convenient part of a wider whole , a matter of partisanship for immediate political and religious reasons , now took on an objective life of its own . |
| 4 | Once you are wrapped around by the cirque you realize that it is not beautiful but what in the eighteenth century they knew as ‘ sublime ’ . |
| 5 | Aye , she does n't bother but us in the next room , ah , bother us . |