Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [vb past] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Mr Leslie had explained earlier he was completely sober and was not given to imagination , he screwed his eyes up looking for the reason for the footsteps ; he could n't see the feet but heard them quite distinctly passing him in the ballast below . |
| 2 | She duly turned to the Psalms but found them equally disturbing . |
| 3 | Under the previous legislation the Secretary of State had the discretion to turn down applications but exercised it only 519 times in the space of five years . |
| 4 | Thus the ‘ qualities ’ covered a wider range of sports but gave them proportionately much less space overall than the populars . |
| 5 | They twice tried owning houses but found it too expensive so they gave them away , and Charles refused to accept any of his estranged father 's estate . |
| 6 | The auditor commended the council on sports improvements but said it still needed to address key issues such as staff cover at the swimming pool . |
| 7 | The Court accepted that the agreement did not formulate precisely the inhabitants ' rights but thought them sufficiently precise for judicial enforcement . |