Example sentences of "but [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | But permission was turned down by councillors so officers have demanded any future breaches of conditions could result in officers taking action . |
| 2 | ‘ Both countries are really poverty stricken but Ken was knocked out by the generosity of the Nepalese people . |
| 3 | Baptista Bassano lived near the Charterhouse , but Emilia was brought up by Susan ( later Wingfield ) , dowager Countess of Kent , whom she addresses as the ‘ noble guide of my ungoverned dayes ’ . |
| 4 | But Ratners was held back by another heavy interest bill and the costs of reorganising the group . |
| 5 | A conference was convened at Fontainebleau , but France was represented mainly by officials , not politicians . |
| 6 | But negotiations were broken off by the government on 3 May once the compositors at the Daily Mail refused to set the type for an editorial on ‘ For King and Country ’ . |
| 7 | But ministers were put off by the cost . |
| 8 | But Mark was beaten back by smoke half-way upstairs . |
| 9 | In 1982 , QPR got past West Bromwich Albion but Leicester were knocked out by Tottenham . |