Example sentences of "[noun prp] [unc] [noun] but [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caroline cut the split ends off Meera 's hair but decided she should keep the length . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Indeed , Berry was offered the Brooklyn pastorate after Beecher 's death but declined it . |
| 5 | 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 . |