Example sentences of "but [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] " 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 | Surprisingly , Franco did not make an example of him as he had done in previous such instances of " insubordination " , but appointed him as Ambassador to the Holy See . |
| 3 | I could lend it to you but got it at the moment you know . |
| 4 | The Jordanian government closed its al-Ruweishid post on the border with Iraq to all non-Jordanian refugees on Jan. 10 , but reopened it on Jan. 18 following renewed promises of UN aid to help with the costs of accommodating refugees from Kuwait and Iraq . |
| 5 | She had forgotten about her tea caddy and the friendly shopkeeper in Sunningdale and she had soon forgotten about the kindness of young people and was reminiscing about the days when she was not alone at the villa but shared it with seven others . |
| 6 | The group did not exercise its rights but sold them to a third party for £200,000 . |
| 7 | Alexander served her well but failed her by not producing an heir when he married that French hussy . ’ |
| 8 | The people took most of the money , but decried it as a decade of greed . |
| 9 | Rose dropped the stone but caught it in time . |
| 10 | She was about to shake her head , but changed it at the last moment to a nod . |
| 11 | The doctor , a man named Champney , realised he could do no more for her but , on hearing of the stranger ( Mary Ashley did not know Tawell , but described him as a Quaker ) , he set out to trace him . |
| 12 | Newspaper reports of a " secret " meeting between Mandela , Tambo and President F. W. de Klerk on Dec. 17 caused embarrassment for the ANC , which later admitted that a meeting had taken place but described it as " a long-scheduled meeting of the working group looking into the suspension of armed actions " . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The Housing Repairs and Rents Act , 1954 , reduced subsidies for general needs , but retained them for clearance of slums ; two years later subsidies for general needs were totally abolished , leaving the general housing need to be met by private enterprise . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | There were , in short , pious men and women who not only failed to find it blasphemous , but regarded it as an integral part of their belief — as integral , say , as Peter 's role is to the Church of Rome . |
| 18 | AN OFF-DUTY police inspector saw the alleged killer of Marie Wilks but dismissed him as a good Samaritan , the M50 murder trial was told yesterday . |
| 19 | The critics were quick to recognise the anguish in the writing , but dismissed it as ‘ hopeless pessimism ’ or ‘ a shameful nightmare which one only wishes to forget as quickly and as completely as possible ’ . |
| 20 | The Chinese also evaluated Microsoft Corp Windows NT but dismissed it as an incomplete and immature platform . |
| 21 | Some studies have used marks on shells that would disappear if shells decrease in size ; it is known that molluscs can remain living for long periods without detectable growth ; and some studies have recorded negative growth but dismissed it as apparent error . |
| 22 | ‘ No , I too noted the King 's change in mood but dismissed it for King Alexander was an excitable , changeable man . |
| 23 | Roy signed for aspiring Ipswich Town , then still of the 3rd Division , but helped them into Division Two the next season and then on to the 1st Division Championship . |
| 24 | They did n't chase my assailants but helped me to my feet , solicitously enquiring after my health . |
| 25 | In that case Form N79 listed the five allegations of breach of the order of the court which were in fact admitted , but listed them as allegations . |
| 26 | Violette had set up as a paper restorer , an arcane occupation which took precise scientific skill but involved her in outlandish escapades with police and businessmen or lawyers . |
| 27 | He did not in the simplest sense romanticise fact but used it as a way of making his readers see a complex and various world . |
| 28 | 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 ’ . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |