Example sentences of "but [adj] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nick Skelton , on Burmah Serenade , and Germany 's Franke Sloothaak , on Walzerkoenig , could have taken the prize , for the rider clearing the highest course , but each made one error . |
| 2 | When this practice was questioned , the auxiliary protested that all the patients had their own bowls so she knew what they had eaten but that using one spoon was quicker , as she could feed more people at once . |
| 3 | Well he said it were one point six but that says one point three and I really do sh well I want a one point six . |
| 4 | two free goes , but this involves two nights by John . |
| 5 | But this conflates two issues — pleasure and pregnancy — when they are in fact separate . |
| 6 | The term ‘ Tyneside Conurbation ’ has been employed in relation to census data since the inter-war years but this contained four county boroughs and significant parts of the counties of Durham and Northumberland . |
| 7 | But this overlooks two points : first , that the transsexual is living proof that , in actuality , the psyche may operate in defiance of biological truths regardless of what the law says it should do ; second , that the psyche is not necessarily formed by choice , but may instead be determined for the individual by forces operating on him during its development . |
| 8 | There are in the parables in Mark 's gospel 18 main characters , all of whom are men ; in Matthew 's 85 , 12 of whom are women , but this includes 10 bridesmaids ; in Luke 's 108 , of whom 9 are women . |
| 9 | If we can get an early goal , they 'll have to change their plan , but i reckon 2–0 will be about par . |