Example sentences of "but [vb past] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His funeral , held on May 23 , was attended by several thousand mourners , but passed off without violence . |
| 2 | The other two aircraft had been damaged but got off with bullet holes only . ’ |
| 3 | Olivia ruptured her tonsils and lost a lot of blood in the incident , but recovered quickly after treatment . |
| 4 | This phenomenon occurred twice in the 1980s : Dee Marsh-Mickle Trafford was closed in 1984 but reopened mainly for steel coil traffic in 1986 , and Annbank-Mauchline closed in 1985 but came back into use as a Railfreight Coal asset in 1988 . |
| 5 | The disability discrimination provisions of the federal Rehabilitation Act 1973 were modelled upon the sex and race discrimination measures of Title VII in the Civil Rights Act 1964 , but applied only to employment by the federal government , by federal contractors and by employers in federally-financed programmes and activities . |
| 6 | The Assembly hovered on the brink of the regime 's attack on traders , but shied away from discussion of other economic policies , relations with Egypt , or conscription . |
| 7 | The items in this inventory were modelled on the list of symptoms used by psychiatrists to diagnose the borderline condition of ‘ schizotypal personality disorder ’ referred to earlier , but toned down for use with non-clinical populations . |
| 8 | The wind pressure on the rotors increased rapidly when they were rotated at full speed but levelled off at wind velocities beyond about 12 m/sec . |
| 9 | After much negotiation , the Welsh Wool Marketing Board agreed to a special arrangement whereby the Cambrian Mill could make up the Ashley 's own wool into cloth as long as this was not sold , but used only for demonstration models and pattern samples . |
| 10 | This phenomenon occurred twice in the 1980s : Dee Marsh-Mickle Trafford was closed in 1984 but reopened mainly for steel coil traffic in 1986 , and Annbank-Mauchline closed in 1985 but came back into use as a Railfreight Coal asset in 1988 . |
| 11 | She kept a pretty green budgerigar called Peter , who once dropped dead in his cage but came back to life when Nanny gave him a few drops of gin squeezed from a wad of cotton-wool . |
| 12 | Barron retired in 1881 , but came out of retirement for a commission for the ninth Earl of Dysart at Welbeck Abbey in 1886 . |
| 13 | She could see him clearly : Jim as he was now , but filled out with confidence and new skills . |
| 14 | You were educated at Gordonstoun , but ducked out of university to take up flying . |
| 15 | Creatinine clearance improved continuously , PAI1 was high ( 38 iu/mL ) on admission , but decreased rapidly during rtPA treatment to 20 IU/mL ( figure ) . |
| 16 | If we assume no tax being paid on earnings , but paid instead on spending , few of us would object to VAT on general goods being increased . |
| 17 | She made no reply but climbed out of bed . |
| 18 | He spent much of his childhood in China but returned home to school at Marlborough . |
| 19 | In spite of his apparent insignificance , he was hard and dangerous and insolent ; he had virtually no friends at school , but hung around after school with older boys known as ‘ a bad lot ’ . |
| 20 | We did n't talk any more , but walked along in silence . |
| 21 | Francis Morgan did not bother with knocking at the door but walked in without apology . |
| 22 | He saw 2 cars in front of him and said one car , which was driven by Anthony Gallagher , had indicated left but pulled out in front of him . |
| 23 | Looking back to the latter half of our time in Scotland , I seem to have been engaged in a variety of activities : was twice part of a consortium to bid ( unsuccessfully ) for the franchise for Scottish Television ; was appointed chairman of the board of Edinburgh 's Royal Lyceum Theatre Company , a post I held for seven years ; was persuaded to stand as a candidate for Lord Rector of Edinburgh University and ( mercifully ) was defeated by its former Roman Catholic chaplain ; gave poetry recitals with Moira at Edinburgh Festivals and elsewhere ; attacked in a lecture to the Royal Society of Arts the moronic language of disc jockeys whom I referred to as ‘ the Anyway Boys ’ ( the word ‘ anyway ’ being their standard linking passage ) — but singled out for praise a comparative unknown by the name of Terry Wogan ; rejoined the Liberal Party ; took part in a shoot where in the gloaming I brought down what I thought was a woodcock but turned out to be a parrot , escaped recently from its cage a mile away ; fished for salmon in Spain where my guide was called Jesus ( and enjoyed bawling for him down the river bank ) and on the way home visited the marvellous cave paintings of Altamira and Lascaux ; proposed ite health of Prince Philip at a Variety Club luncheon and of London 's Lord Mayor at his midsummer banquet ( he was also chairman of the London Rubber Company to which I made some fruity references ) ; and for a year was resident British columnist of the American weekly magazine , Newsweek International . |
| 24 | He had a knee operation last month , but broke down in training last week and was sent to see top Cambridge specialist , David Dandy . |
| 25 | He did not turn his head to right or left , but looked straight in front of him with wild determination . |
| 26 | At this stage the RPC was still an impossibilist minority , well organized and favouring joint action with the Communist Party , but looked on with suspicion by the Communists themselves . |
| 27 | She spoke a lot , and they turned and congratulated each other on her French , as though she was some sort of barrel-organ she thought , being not only sex-starved but starved also of admiration . |
| 28 | ‘ I had never been interviewed before but felt really at ease , mainly because I discovered I had been an informal link worker all my life ! |
| 29 | She had severe head injuries and was taken to Milton Keynes hospital but died soon after arrival . |
| 30 | Mr Ross , of Squarehouse Lane , Crossens , was rushed to hospital , but died shortly after admission . |