Example sentences of "but [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incomes policies were first adopted in the UK in the late 1940s but became a regular feature during the 1960s . |
| 2 | This power had never been previously used , but became a key element in the plan to save Hector 's dolphin through the establishment of a marine mammal sanctuary around Banks Peninsula . |
| 3 | Kermode felt Limb would have to be greeted but recommended a low-key approach . |
| 4 | The 19-year-old keeper had kept a clean sheet in his four previous games but got a rude awakening against a Newcastle side that can do no wrong . |
| 5 | Montgomery too had paused to reorganize his lines of communication , but planned a final assault to dislodge the Afrika Korps and drive them right back into Tunisia in December . |
| 6 | He had no clear idea what he was going to do but expected a good gathering at Linley 's house and thought an opportunity would occur . |
| 7 | They had two hearts but shared a fused liver and lower bowel . |
| 8 | The dinucleotide GpU could not stabilize the RNA polymerase-promoter complex formed at P A2b , but produced a partial protection from heparin challenge in the case of P A3 . |
| 9 | Stravinsky then created a suite from ‘ The Firebird ’ in 1911 , for use in concert halls , but produced a revised version in 1919 , and yet another in 1945 . |
| 10 | His first taste of Test captaincy came at the Oval in 1988 ; he was unable to stem the West Indian flood , but produced a battling second innings to make a game of it . |
| 11 | ‘ They left furs , stereos and other valuables but made a terrible mess looking for cash and jewels , especially in the bedrooms . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , yes , perhaps it would be better , ’ Sophie said , but made a mental note to refuse all further invitations . |
| 13 | He would have gone straight home but made a short diversion when he found Pike the ditcher drunk as a bishop on the corner of the trackway leading down to the church . |
| 14 | She was severely injured but made a full recovery . |
| 15 | Then keeper Peter Turtle stopped a John Smyth pile-driver , but made a quick recovery to grab the ball as it was trickling over the line . |
| 16 | The argument is feeble , but made a natural appeal to those who wanted to prove racial inferiority , e.g. of blacks to whites — or for that matter of anyone to whites . |
| 17 | I was down for Jo Ro but made a last-minute escape . |
| 18 | By Royal Invitation ( 1988 ) related , for example , that the Queen was suspicious about the number 13 , that a footman had once fallen in love with Princess Margaret , and that Prince Charles disliked chocolate cakes , but manifested a distinct partiality for Bath Olivers . |
| 19 | It was a low budget production but drew a certain amount of attention as it attempted to explore spiritualism . |
| 20 | The team went into action but drew a surprising blank . |
| 21 | She was constitutionally a Kali Carb. patient and she was given the 10M but sustained a long aggravation followed by weakening of her condition . |
| 22 | Sega did allow rentals , but charged a huge licensing fee , making them a bad deal , he said . |
| 23 | He did not see the young lady but found a small sculptured image of Our Lady . |
| 24 | We analysed minimum blood flow values because of their potential to show the presence of focally ischaemic areas , but found a large overlap between Crohn 's disease and control patients . |
| 25 | It amalgamated with a boys ' secondary modern in September 1975 to form a mixed comprehensive but retained a strong grammar school ethos amongst a section of the senior teachers . |
| 26 | However , it was not simply a strategy , but embodied a particular ideology : the belief that the bishops were the church above all , and that they , not the laity , were the ones to communicate with the state . |
| 27 | I remember that we did n't have a tap in the house but used a communal tap from which we had to fill two barrels in our garden . |
| 28 | In nationwide local elections held on April 7 and April 21 , the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) increased its total number of seats , but suffered a humiliating defeat in the gubernatorial elections in Tokyo , and the party 's secretary-general , Ichiro Ozawa , resigned his post on April 8 . |
| 29 | Throughout a long history , Dent was the administrative , electoral and scholastic centre of a wide rural district but suffered a slow decline in importance with the founding and subsequent development of a large public school in neighbouring Sedbergh , pronounced Sedber . |
| 30 | He expounded his theory in two further papers but suffered a severe mental breakdown in May 1859 . |