Example sentences of "[noun sg] but it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His one-man show yesterday failed to prevent the Hammers moving to fourth in the First Division but it saved Pompey from embarrassment . |
| 2 | The approach may have risked inhibiting the searcher 's behaviour but it offered continuity and some close-ups of individual steps of the search . |
| 3 | Ian Fleming 's Casino Royale ( 1953 ) was not a bestseller but it introduced James Bond , the agent with the number 007 , a licence to kill and a taste for the best of everything , especially girls . |
| 4 | He said that Maccas goal would be credited as an OG , cos he was trying to pull it back from the byline but it hit sherwood and span in . |
| 5 | This was a skilful manoeuvre but it risked frustration because the combination of fog , dense smoke from guns and funnels , and failing light , was making visibility increasingly poor . |
| 6 | Brave Gail Devers was suffering from Graves Disease but it took doctors two years to diagnose the crippling thyroid illness . |