Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [noun] but [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boots have stopped selling car seats but say they will offer further information to people who 've bought the Rainbow seat . |
| 2 | Later Fred sits down to play Gameboy tennis but tells me , ‘ Say I 'm playing Sega and … ’ — he halts a moment , thinking sponsorship — ‘ … wearing Levi 's and a John Richmond jacket . ’ |
| 3 | On Tuesday , the NUM was not only threatening strike action but taking it . |
| 4 | Harriet quite likes Nativity set but informs me it is not Baby Jesus but Princess Lucinda . |
| 5 | If the Chief those to also want to improve passenger comfort but let me say in spite of all this er th th th the customer still favour and that is why we will be supporting the Labour resolution because it is about the state of it is about yes to keep our eyes and sort of providing a whole range of integrated public transport that goes along in parallel with that same . |
| 6 | In his speech Sir Michael backed Mr Birt but said he should effectively be placed on probation for 12 months . |
| 7 | HUNGARY 's KONTRAX COMPUTER CONGLOMERATE HITS CASH-FLOW PROBLEMS BUT SAYS IT 's NORMAL IN HUNGARY |