Example sentences of "but [vb past] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the days immediately after the General Election defeat , Mr Smith not only launched his bid but got into an impregnable position thanks to his support from the big unions . |
| 2 | He did not hit a crisp drive but recovered with an excellent three wood which enabled him to secure a birdie four to Frost 's par . |
| 3 | She did not want to go , but lived in an unmodernised house with a coal fire as the main source of heat . |
| 4 | The pain is the price of freedom : not just freedom in a spiritual kingdom after death , but realised in an inner freedom to love . |
| 5 | Marvin is a Liverpool fan but played for an Everton junior side last season and has still not made his mind up for whom to sign . |
| 6 | King , reviled by many , but acknowledged as an expert in the cynical exploitation of the pop world sniped : ‘ I thought when Kylie Minogue did ‘ I Should Be So Lucky , Lucky , Lucky , ’ it was one of the most awful things I have ever heard . |
| 7 | People forget there were rumours going round that WIN and some of the other spies were not just penetrated in Poland , but betrayed by an agent inside SIS in London — apart from Philby . ’ |
| 8 | These are the famous twins Kleobis and Biton , in Cycladic marble but signed by an Argive sculptor ( … medes ) and dedicated by the people of Argos at Delphi , where they were seen by Herodotus who tells their story . |
| 9 | Bishop looked to be held on the line by two Trinity forwards but wriggled like an eel to get free and touch down . |
| 10 | In the first autumn of his premiership he not merely took a leap in the dark but decided upon an expedition into the profound obscurity of political outer space . |
| 11 | He not only read widely about German government and trade but worked as an apprentice for a week or two each with painters , weavers , dyers and smiths . |
| 12 | nodded but looked at an apple tree over the hedge . |
| 13 | How one man lived like an animal , but died like an angel in her care . |
| 14 | Finance Minister Elvyra Kunceviciene had resigned on July 2 ( her resignation of April 18 — see p. 38880 — had not been accepted ) , but continued in an acting capacity until the appointment of a replacement , later named as Audrius Misevicius . |
| 15 | The 401st moved slightly to the right to avoid it , but ran into an even heavier barrage that knocked down one B–17 from the 612th in the Group . |
| 16 | It is a handsome package , richly illustrated with colour reproductions of superior quality , but spoiled by an essay which is superficial and , on occasions , embarrassingly dim . |
| 17 | The meeting was preceded by calls for the disbandment of the organization but ended with an agreement to review existing COMECON financial and trade arrangements to allow for the wider operation of market principles . |
| 18 | Brand , jnr had two birdies in his first three holes but subsided to an inward 4f2 . |
| 19 | He immediately began making anonymous donations to charity — but stayed as an agent with Kleeneze . |