Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one time , the Club went as far as refusing to allow juveniles a reduced entrance price for the London Road terrace but allowed them half price for other areas . |
| 2 | She tried to avoid his gaze but found it impossible . |
| 3 | I did not wait for his return but telephoned him later in the evening . |
| 4 | However , in Peart the accused was not guilty when he obtained a car on the undertaking that he was going to drive it 30 miles in one direction but drove it 100 miles in another . |
| 5 | Most horsemen in Suffolk did not powder the bone but used it whole and also as a device to jade and not to draw the horse . |
| 6 | I worked on and off on Tremayne 's book for the rest of the morning but found it hard to concentrate . |
| 7 | Than Tun continued to call for a national government but made it clear that armed struggle was , for the present , not envisaged . |
| 8 | She did n't bother tapping on the door but pushed it open and straightaway saw that her sister was n't in the room . |
| 9 | He was touched by her care and concern but found it difficult to accept . |
| 10 | Most of them complained about the taste of lactulose and the amount of the pancake but consumed it all . |
| 11 | Matt would sometimes try to develop this image but found it impossible . |
| 12 | Besides having confidence in his artistic and physical abilities , he had a great passion for Nature as she showed herself in the Lake District which not only initiated his venture but maintained it all his life . |
| 13 | Mr Cameron said the Home Secretary appeared ‘ mystified ’ about the pay formula but made it clear that 1.5 per cent was the maximum rise available . |
| 14 | In London , UK ministers called for those responsible for the November killings to be brought to justice but made it clear to Alatas that the UK , the second-largest arms supplier to Indonesia after the USA , would not cut off aid or arms sales . |