Example sentences of "[pers pn] but [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Officials were trying to move them but after a word with our security people , we allowed them to stay . |
| 2 | He was taller than him but at a guess about nine years old . |
| 3 | Daly would be with him but for a paperwork problem , and is in Harrogate Town where Frank Gray is manager now . |
| 4 | Tried to cross the nighted ferry ; might 've made it but for a district-nurse calling unexpectedly . ’ |
| 5 | Her husband was always with us but as a couple they were difficult to dislodge without rudeness . |