Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tall man with an exoskeleton frightened her by demanding a retina-scan but the contacts in her eyes apparently passed muster because he let her through . |
| 2 | Dot did n't have a milk-mug but the teacher lent her one . |
| 3 | The Medical Research Council 's Common Cold Research Unit showed that it is not the person who gets caught in the rain or sits in a draught who is likely to develop a cold but the one who has to work in the air-conditioned , centrally-heated , artificially-lit atmosphere found in many modern office blocks . |
| 4 | We all carried a key but the boxes were a long way apart . |
| 5 | The names of those attending the wedding are usually known in advance but if not you may be able to look at the seating plan or guest list on the day and make some joke about the names , picking out amusing surnames such as , ‘ In this room we have a Black but no White , two Browns , some Blues , and a Green , but no ‘ reds ’ . |
| 6 | all of our paid fors have er , done very well this year in circulation terms all but two of them have increased their circulation in the first half , despite quite high price rises , for instance the York county newspaper , the weekly there , we have a daily but the weekly there went up by five P and the weekly in Bath where again we have a daily that went up by six P . |
| 7 | Using a round-ended knife , stir in the milk to make a soft but no sticky dough . |