Example sentences of "on the [noun] but [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did speak to Murray on the phone but says he can not clear the mystery until he has a chance to study the report in detail . |
| 2 | She did n't bother tapping on the door but pushed it open and straightaway saw that her sister was n't in the room . |
| 3 | For example , a tenant who uses the demised property for the business of a dry cleaner , may receive goods for cleaning on the property but process them elsewhere . |
| 4 | His mother put her hands back on the wheel but threw them off with a scream . |
| 5 | Cambridge 1 Millwall 0 DION DUBLIN , Cambridge 's top-scorer , started the game on the bench but finished it as the match-winner , following an inspired double-substitution by manager John Beck at half-time . |