Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Early in the morning , in the grey cold light that precedes the rising sun , he positioned himself in trees to the east of the lake but out of sight of it . |
2 | Or the food in sight but out of reach of her reaching arms . |
3 | Science and technology all too often seemed to overtake the wildest fantasies of Utopian thinkers , plagues of infectious diseases were conquered , people flew not only into air but out into space and landed on the moon ; instant communications brought a " global village " and so on , yet all this progress of science and technology did not bring Utopia . |
4 | This particular pilot was an instructor who was in good practice in a K13 two-seater but out of practice in his K6E . |
5 | Neighbourhood Watch The Neighbourhood Watch has been up and running in the Baberton Mains Estate for some time but up in Juniper Green things have been much slower . |
6 | Neighbourhood Watch The Neighbourhood Watch has been up and running in the Baberton Mains Estate for some time but up in Juniper Green things have been much slower . |