Example sentences of "but [noun prp] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marc Overmars made a dream debut for the Dutch by putting them ahead after just four minutes but Feyyaz equalised with a 36th-minute penalty . |
| 2 | The road was narrow , no more than a lane , prone to cows and farm tractors , but Lucy drove with a relaxed confidence which he envied . |
| 3 | This production was only a qualified achievement , but Eyre succeeded in a different vein when he brought out the kindliness and charm of Harold Brighouse 's Hobson 's Choice at the Haymarket ( 1983 ) , in which Penelope Keith appeared to splendid effect . |
| 4 | Rees Jones equalised seven minutes later but Ireland swept into a 4–1 lead with second half goals from Paul Lombard , skipper Francis De Rosa and Tumilty before Lee Richards scored a last minute consolation effort . |
| 5 | But Russia mobilized as a political bluff , playing a card to trump Austria-Hungary 's . |
| 6 | Chaucer looked at in isolation can seem daunting , but Chaucer read in a cultural and historical context , with visual and other aids , could come alive as a great poet , speaking across six centuries , in a Gadamerian fusion of horizons . |
| 7 | This was accepted ; but Ramsay argued against a further proposal , namely that a new and more senior Governor be appointed to supersede Seton , with added authority . |
| 8 | Linguistics is the study of the mechanisms of language but Saussure breaks with a traditional concern with grammatical rules . |
| 9 | Alec glared warningly at him , but Durkin replied with a broad conspiratorial wink , and slurred , ‘ We know the score , do n't we , Alec ? ’ |
| 10 | They were 18–0 up and cruising when Richard Thompson touched down another push-over , but Wakefield replied with a fine try . |
| 11 | They were 18–0 up and cruising when Richard Thompson touched down another push-over , but Wakefield replied with a fine try . |
| 12 | They were wedged in with the patient herd of people who were shuffling slowly and quietly up the stairs to the foyer , but Mark talked in a clear , excited voice , as if oblivious of their presence . |
| 13 | The group instinctively rose to their feet , but John said in a firm voice , ‘ You are not taking my wife up the stairs . |
| 14 | Kleon , in Aristophanes ' Knights , is represented as a ‘ lover of the demos ’ , but Philodemos occurs as a proper name in an Athenian casualty-list of as early as c.460 ( ML 33 ) ; more important , Kleisthenes in the sixth century had taken the demos into partnership , as Herodotus puts it , and Pericles in the 460s had won over the people with jury pay . |