Example sentences of "but they [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they wasted a good position at to two to lose the next eight for runs , the North Down bowlers sharing the wickets evenly . |
| 2 | These Odonata may never have been on Earth before , but they circled the Nuria II in an assured way and then set off northwards towards Australia with leisurely beats of their wings . |
| 3 | But they reaped no advantage ; there was nothing moving towards them which could be deemed to be a consideration , with the result that the case is one in which the contract is made , but remains unenforceable in law … . |
| 4 | The tiny protection parties for these three squads were down to 10 men through casualties before landing , but they led the way , stifling small arms fire from near the burning Forge de l'Ouest , then clearing an enemy trench in a skirmish round a dockside crane . |
| 5 | But they paused a moment outside and Lizzie said quietly , ‘ Does he always take his bath with her ? ’ |
| 6 | In the Devonian period the nautiloids were still abundant and varied , but they suffered a slow eclipse coincident with the rise of the ammonoids . |
| 7 | In themselves they were by no means new — they were indeed centuries old — but they constituted a direct challenge to the rather abstract and clear-cut penal theory which was much subscribed to on both sides of the Atlantic , and to this extent also reflected something of the atmosphere of the new age . |
| 8 | .. made its way below , a hole would burst in the ship ; not that they feared the ship taking fire , but they thought the light was the work of evil spirits ... ’ |
| 9 | Again , they could have gone into the supermarket , but they thought the police had had a good look at them , so they sprinted through the crowds who took as little notice as they expected , and across the street just after the lights had changed 50 that the traffic beginning to move , hooted . |
| 10 | Shocked , they started up , but they made no attempt to cover their nakedness . |
| 11 | But they made no response , all except the little boy , who smiled and dusted the air with his hand . |
| 12 | But they made no mention of the Georgian who had ruled the vast soviet Union for over a quarter of a century in this one . |
| 13 | He saw the knot of people beyond the flames gazing at him in puzzled amazement , but they made no response . |
| 14 | The sheep lifted their heads and looked at him as he passed by but they made no sound . |
| 15 | I waved , but they made no gesture in return . |
| 16 | The idea , however , that the rebels aimed to kill the King is unlikely — not only did the rebels show a positive loyalty to him at Mile End and Smithfield , and adopt as a watchword ‘ King Richard and the True Commons ’ , but they made no attempt to take vengeance on him for the death of Wat Tyler , when he could have been at their mercy . |
| 17 | But they made no mistake on the stroke of half time when Stevenson pounced on an Elliott pass to crack the ball through a ruck of bodies after Wrexham failed to clear a free kick . |
| 18 | Her favourite partner was her father ; neither of them could serve to save their lives and most of the balls ended up scattered on the lawn , but they made a handsome couple on the court . |
| 19 | you know , there 's no vow there , but all we do is join hands together , share blessings to both of us , and no vow , we never make any vow but they made a blessing for us . |
| 20 | But they made a good offer . |
| 21 | But they made a great thing with the salt fish . |
| 22 | But they made a costly mistake in teaching their language to the hoipolloi . |
| 23 | Great chart success has eluded the band , but they made a dent on the charts two years ago with Nothing Ever Happens . |
| 24 | Now I ca n't remember which English player it was , either Bobby Moore or Norman Hunter , I think it was Norman Hunter because he played for Leeds , but they made a mistake and they scored a breakaway goal . |
| 25 | There were not many of them but they made an impact on the Congress that was quite out of proportion to their small numbers . |
| 26 | The third K2 semi had Harbold/Newton of the USA 4th 50m from the line but they made an excellent recovery to pass Angyal/Petrovics ( Hungary ) and the Olssons of Sweden for 2nd place , 0.03 secs separating the three boats . |
| 27 | The Polish presence in the city may have been small , but they made the most of it . |
| 28 | SYDNEY WOODERSON and Zola Budd did not have much in common but they knew a special achievement and a peculiar failure . |
| 29 | But they knew a little bit more than to put the together . |
| 30 | They could see no enemy in the long-shadowed landscape , but they knew the ambushers had to be close . |