Example sentences of "[noun] ['s] [noun] but [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Indeed , Berry was offered the Brooklyn pastorate after Beecher 's death but declined it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Catt accepts that it was only a minor detail in her boyfriend 's sacking but feels it has a relevance . |