Example sentences of "but [vb past] [num] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government overruled the Lords ' amendment , but made one small concession : if less than 50 per cent of the eligible voters recorded their vote then the election was to be declared null and void . |
| 2 | On the following day the court rejected two further appeals but granted two further stays for a consideration of the claim regarding Harris 's brother and the constitutionality of the use of the gas chamber . |
| 3 | Perhaps only the Transylvanian Valentin Bakfark ( Greff ) ( 1507–76 ) , lutenist at the Polish court , who not only made the customary transcriptions but composed ten extended fantasias packed with imitative polyphony , can be ranked with Francisco de Milano , Gintzler , and the Spaniards . |
| 4 | The company has established operations in the UK , Ireland , France and the Netherlands , but opened two new offices in Australia and Germany during the year . |
| 5 | For this feature , I decided to use the same view , but chose two different seasons and two tinted watercolours papers in parallel . |
| 6 | Bailey was 5–2 down in the first set tie breaker but won five successive points to draw first blood and then broke his rival in both the third and fifth games of the second set for an astounding victory . |
| 7 | ‘ We did magnificently but had one mad moment — the one thing you should n't do against Liverpool is to give John Barnes a free-kick in that position . ’ |
| 8 | In a third house lived a deserted woman — " her husband lives from her " ; she had two children out at service but had five still living at home . |
| 9 | Racers won the game 11-7 but had three key players sent off . |