Example sentences of "[num] but [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Annabel Croft , once the British No 1 but now a star of stage and the small screen , cringed at the quality of her performance in the opening round of the Volkswagen National Championships at Telford yesterday . |
| 2 | There was a lady in a hat , only one but quite a one . |
| 3 | The engine capacity was reduced even further , to 1½ litres in 1926 but then a Formula Libre , with no engine size legislation , came into force in 1928 . |
| 4 | it was a great winner … his sixth of the season … and it just about booked Swindon a place in the promotion-play offs … with only four games to go it 's asking too much to make the top two but only a disaster can keep them out of the play-offs … |
| 5 | He was eighteen but still a lad , awkward , like his arms and legs were longer than he could cope with . |