Example sentences of "but [vb past] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't look around when she came in , but asked her over the sizzling of bacon whether she wanted anything to drink . |
| 2 | I could lend it to you but got it at the moment you know . |
| 3 | They were dismissed for 118 in only 44 overs but redeemed themselves in the field , cutting an impressive swathe through the Railway Union batting to win by 39 runs . |
| 4 | She was about to shake her head , but changed it at the last moment to a nod . |
| 5 | He chased them in Australia last year , tried to hunt them down at the Arms Park in the World Cup , but found himself on the end of the heaviest Welsh defeats home and away . |
| 6 | Maclagan — jogged silently down the lock 's east wall but found none of the expected demolitions at its gates . |
| 7 | It meant that manufacturers no longer needed to seek their power where there was fast-running water , especially in the higher reaches of lonely dales , but found it near the canals which brought coal to them cheaply , or directly upon the coalfields themselves . |
| 8 | Further questions on unemployment ‘ people do n't want training they want jobs ’ , homelessness and the NHS left Mr Major a little wobbly but provided him with the best and closing line of the night . |
| 9 | She was about to say so , in no uncertain terms , but stopped herself at the last moment . |
| 10 | Su Ragazzi , who are bidding for a league and cup double , beat Jets in straight sets in Sewell 's second game in charge earlier this season but defeated them in the return in Edinburgh . |
| 11 | The Bulgarian Social Democrat Party ( BSDP ) had originally called itself the Bulgarian Socialist Party , but redesignated itself as the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party ( non-Marxist ) , at its first national conference held on March 31 in Sofia , thereby ceding the BSP name to be adopted by the BCP [ see p. 37380 ] . |
| 12 | This closer relationship incidentally increased the role of the state in most of these economies , but subjected it to the risks inherent in the political strings which the lending institutions attached to their ‘ aid ’ . |
| 13 | So she was relieved , but at the same time a little chagrined when he did n't stop the car at all but drove her to the bottom of the footpath that led up to the Hoflin farm . |
| 14 | Finally , she left for the airfield in a pale-green safari suit , which marked her a soldier 's wife but distinguished her from the lesser spouses . |
| 15 | Corbett had no choice but told her from the beginning of the events at Godstowe . |
| 16 | She was once a Tory activist , but told me in the first week of the campaign she had lost faith . |
| 17 | Brussels had a river but buried it in the 19th century when it began to stink . |
| 18 | Ramsay was less than delighted with the task , but consoled himself with the thought that at least the journey south would take them by Dunbar Castle again , and a call thereat would be possible . |
| 19 | He did n't put the key in his pocket , but hid it in the plant pot next to the door . |
| 20 | The owner did not intend to leave the registration document but showed it to the dealer who arranged a trick whereby the owner was called away on an imaginary emergency thereby forgetting the registration document . |
| 21 | The heavy labour not only fought the flab around his waist but cured him of the insomnia he had suffered from for so many years . |
| 22 | It was easier to follow in the darkness , but exposed them to the full force of the wind and rain . |
| 23 | ‘ Indoors ? ’ asked Camille , who had again nearly lost her temper completely but retrieved it in the nick of time . |
| 24 | Cambridge 1 Millwall 0 DION DUBLIN , Cambridge 's top-scorer , started the game on the bench but finished it as the match-winner , following an inspired double-substitution by manager John Beck at half-time . |
| 25 | ( Cohen also refers , for instance , to white youth who supported overtly racist immigration policies but dissociated themselves from the National Front ; see also the research on white youth reported in Coffield et al. , |
| 26 | Several children did not join their friends in the water but watched them from the balustrade along the main road . |
| 27 | The officer did not invite the defendant to express a preference for giving blood or urine but warned him of the consequences of failure to provide a specimen and gave him the opportunity to put forward any reasons why a specimen of blood could not be taken by a doctor . |
| 28 | Graziano , 68 , won the world title in 1947 with a sixth-round knock-out of Tony Zale but lost it to the same fighter less than a year later . |
| 29 | Women prisoners in Armagh had political status until 1975 but lost it in the following year and the numbers in Armagh rose dramatically during the late seventies . |
| 30 | She has grown into an elegant and gracious woman , but lost none of the spark that made her such an endearing young bride . |