Example sentences of "but [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom had never before ridden pillion on a motorbike , but Andy the neighbour had a spare crash helmet . |
| 2 | But Neva the miller 's daughter had overheard this talk and felt sorry for the old woman who wanted to bake her yuletide cake . |
| 3 | But Verkhovensky the wrecker is unrelated to anything that had gone before , except in the new-seeing eye of his creator . |
| 4 | A spokesperson told NME : ‘ People have this idea that this is some kind of punk poetry reading session , but Rollins the speaker is a completely different animal to Rollins the musician . ’ |
| 5 | But CAMRA the beer drinkers pressure group says employees are n't the only people who would lose … the drinker would suffer as well |
| 6 | God the Shepherd seems to have become well-established within Christianity , but God the Housekeeper less so . |
| 7 | Licensing agent Janet Lees added : ‘ It 's difficult to give a total but Thomas the Tank made £250 million in the UK alone . ’ |