Example sentences of "but [vb past] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He took food by mouth but passed 5–8 motions a day and probably absorbed little of it .
2 Mary herself , in captivity in England but forever smuggling out letters and appeals , dealt slyly in shrouded half-promises and suggestions , but made one thing quite clear : she still regarded herself as rightful Queen of Scots and , even towards the end , offered no more than a grudging suggestion of James being ‘ associated ’ with her in ruling the country .
3 They had a son but divorced eight years later , and did not see each other for the next 45 years , until January when they met at an 80th birthday party of Dougan 's sister Gwendoline .
4 KEITH JARRETT , a teenage centre with Newport , played out of position at full-back when he made his debut for Wales but scored 19 points in the 34–21 defeat of England at Cardiff Arms Park .
5 Woosnam went boldly for the pin from 35 feet but sailed six feet past before Torrance rammed home his 30-footer , leaving his three rivals to pick up their balls and share second spot .
6 The government accepted the idea in principle but allowed three days for such debates — not eight .
7 Her grandmother said nothing , but nodded three times at the little girl .
8 However , Lee survived but spent 16 days in the intensive care unit and a month in hospital .
9 Shaw was fascinated , but heard one piece of information which he recognised as quite barmy — that a cubic millimetre of blood contained five million red corpuscles .
10 The bunker shot nearly pitched in the hole , but finished 30 feet away from where he three-putted for a six .
11 At the time of the evaluation , he had numerous other teaching duties but taught five hours of library/study skills per week and was observed to visit the library on numerous occasions throughout the day .
12 This reinforced the government 's decision of October 1988 to trim five million pounds from the UK fusion budget ; this did not affect JET but threatened 150 jobs at the adjacent Culham Laboratory .
13 I mean if er that w you you 'd had it if if you w ruined for life if you er took one man 's see but served two teas .
14 Among the smaller parties , the Swedish People 's Party ( SFP ) , the junior partner in the outgoing coalition , gained a small number of votes but lost one seat .
15 Colette led 5–3 in the first set tie break but lost 4 points in a row to give the Americans their third consecutive set of the tournament .
16 The Conservative party did not have a programme as such , but included two sections : Lower Taxes and Social Security — a fair deal for those in need , which addressed the same problems , albeit with different solutions .
17 Bahrain 's first constituent assembly was elected in 1973 but dissolved two years later [ see pp. 26340 ; 27364 ] .
18 The officer later detained the man after a struggle , but needed ten stitches to the wound .
19 He was just forty-five but looked twenty years older .
20 ‘ I thoroughly enjoyed it but felt five years older after the experience . ’
21 Mrs Cook was taken to Edinburgh 's Western General Hospital for emergency brain surgery after the second fall , but died five days ' later .
22 On 7 September 1688 he was created a baronet by James II , but died nine days later , 16 September , and was buried at St Anne 's Blackfriars .
23 He underwent surgery , but died 10 days later on 11 November 1991 .
24 He was put on a life support machine , but died four days later .
25 He was taken to hospital in St Lucia but died three days later .
26 She was taken to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol , but died ten days later .
27 He had emergency surgery on his fractured skull but died 12 hours later from brain injuries .
28 Stumpe was named sheriff of Wiltshire in November 1551 , but died 22 July 1552 , during his term of office .
29 He proved himself an effective administrator , but died 22 September 1652 after little more than a year in office .
30 On the following day the Senate also voted , by 23 to 16 , to override the veto , but fell three votes short of the required two-thirds majority .
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