Example sentences of "[noun] but [pron] [verb] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sometimes had given him the spare front door key but he denied having had the key on the day of her death . |
| 2 | James Coats , junior ( 1841–1912 ) , was a member of the Paisley family of industrialists J. & P. Coats , whom most of us know best as the makers of sewing cotton but he appears to have made the presentation of these libraries Personally and not through a trust established in connection with the firm . |
| 3 | ‘ If you add Cabernet , it will not taste like Rioja any more , ’ complain those who have a point but who seem to have forgotten the Rioja has changed a number of times in the past . |
| 4 | I know it is , it 's not exactly doing a lot for me either but er cos it gets raised every bloody management meeting but I think having discussed the matter we 've actually opened ourselves out a few more options than we probably thought we had |
| 5 | I blinked at Patterson but he seemed to have understood most of it . |
| 6 | It does take a part in the reaction but it keeps getting returned back to its original state . |
| 7 | * So I 've been a bad boy at times but they reckon I ca n't walk out on a job if I 'm in the Jungle and Matt 's temperamental which means he does n't normally work unless they give him a hamper full of white powder but he seems to have kicked it and there are n't too many dealers swinging through the trees like Tarzan out here . |
| 8 | Rob Harland ( 18 points ) top scored for Norton again in the 58.39 home win over Belmont but they seemed to have left themselves with too much to do having lost four games already . |
| 9 | And the union , I mean I 'm not blaming just NUPE I mean every union but we seem to have stood still and nothing 's happened and th and , and the m , and the members are actually sick of their lies about what , what am I paying all this money for then ? |
| 10 | Mondello , who had been acquitted on murder and manslaughter charges but who admitted having incited a 30-strong mob to attack Hawkins , received 5@1/3 to 16 years in the form of four consecutive sentences for riot and other felony charges . |
| 11 | Mrs Zamzam is correct when she says that the villagers put tree trunks on the road but she seems to have forgotten why this was done . |
| 12 | Dr Boutros-Ghali has already said he favours the idea but it appears to have divided UN peace-keepers in Bosnia and the main UN aid agency . |