Example sentences of "but [adj] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not one of the Hawick contingent returned from Flodden , but each year a flag is carried through the town by the ‘ Comet ’ , this time a young married man . |
| 2 | Up to now , most borders have been French imports , but this year a company has come into being which designs and manufactures borders in this country . |
| 3 | The SPF system refers only to protection from UVB rays , but this year a star rating system has been introduced which also categorizes sun products according to their UVA protection . |
| 4 | But this year a number of books have been produced to help you cope . |
| 5 | Ormonde duly did so , but this time a storm drove him back to France , and he got into St Malo just as an English squadron arrived to blockade it . |
| 6 | But one day a magician accidentally spilt silver dust all over them , and they came alive . |
| 7 | But one day a girl at school invited me to her home , and we began to see more of each other , became friends . |
| 8 | But one day a row blew up . |
| 9 | But one day a visit to Glensanda on Loch Linnhe was planned . |
| 10 | But last night a spokesman for the Portadown business community pledged that life would go on despite the outrage . |
| 11 | But last night a source close to Jagger said : ‘ All that stuff she has been saying about hardly knowing him is rubbish . |
| 12 | But last night a club spokesman said : ‘ The board denies such a rift . |
| 13 | But last night a boat brought news of a raid on Coll , and it was more than he could bear ! ’ |
| 14 | No walker has yet been hit by a bike on Snowdon but last year a cyclist was killed in Gwynedd by a motorist fiddling with his radio . |
| 15 | But last week a spokesman said ‘ we are showing an interest in the idea but we are not committing ourselves . ’ |
| 16 | But last week a court heard how she also ran three kinky health studios . |