Example sentences of "[verb] but [noun] [noun prp] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who will join them in the Second Division is still a long way from being decided but GS Stirling enhanced their prospects of survival by beating Inverleith 2-0 . |
| 2 | But if you do n't want to hear it … ’ he made as if to go but Herr Nordern took him by the elbow . |
| 3 | During the reading of the statement the Unionists withdrew ; the Nationalists stayed but Alderman Hegarty made his accusation about Communists . |
| 4 | Car sales in Japan declined but Johnson Matthey increased its market share with Japanese manufacturers by winning additional business with ‘ transplants ’ in North America and in the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | I was starving ; it was hours since either of us had eaten but Mrs Lewis made me wash my hands before sitting at the table . |
| 6 | Mr Timms resigned but Mr Cooke denied he had been dishonest and stayed for two years until he was fired in August last year . |
| 7 | They left the stuff where it was and scarpered but Terry Eva told his dad . ’ |