Example sentences of "[noun] [unc] [noun] but [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Finally , she left for the airfield in a pale-green safari suit , which marked her a soldier 's wife but distinguished her from the lesser spouses .
2 Caroline cut the split ends off Meera 's hair but decided she should keep the length .
3 The husband is one potentially appreciative figure in the housewife 's landscape but does he play this role effectively ?
4 This not only gave the masters an extra hour 's work but saved them having to pay the breakfast allowance of 1½d ( 0.6p ) .
5 The RL board of directors accepted Steadman 's explanation but said he was ‘ irresponsible ’ in not checking the contents of the medicine which he bought from a chemist 's shop .
6 On 29 July 1991 Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V.-C. [ 1991 ] 3 W.L.R. 857 dismissed the solicitors ' summons but gave them leave to appeal .
7 ‘ I 'm proud that this will be done , not only in Father 's memory but to remind us of how the stories came to be . ’
8 It is as if the wife remembers a detail out of the Miller 's Tale but misattributes it ( deliberately or by accident ) to the wrong context .
9 McLeish instantly understood the man 's nightmare but realized he could give only qualified reassurance .
10 He thought of taking the man 's rifle but knew it was too heavy for him and that he would be incapable of aiming it .
11 Indeed , Berry was offered the Brooklyn pastorate after Beecher 's death but declined it .
12 Shadow National Heritage spokesman Ann Clywd was also pleased with the Government 's plans but warned they must not put pools staff out of work .
13 The Court accepted that the agreement did not formulate precisely the inhabitants ' rights but thought them sufficiently precise for judicial enforcement .
14 Only one thing stood out : Benjamin said there was a scorch mark on the outside of Cosmas 's door but claimed it could be old .
15 Catt accepts that it was only a minor detail in her boyfriend 's sacking but feels it has a relevance .
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