Example sentences of "but not [subord] [pron] had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took the documents away and metaphorically buried them , but not before they had made hint realize that he could not allow the matter to drift for much longer . |
| 2 | The raid , on a property in Knotto Bottom Way , failed but not before they had tried to force a sliding window at the front of the home . |
| 3 | In Spain it was distorted and cut short by the crisis of 1789 and the French invasion of 1808 , but not before it had modified , if not the traditional structure of society , at least the traditional attitudes . |
| 4 | Feeling hot colour rush to her cheeks , she quickly turned away again , but not before she had seen the sardonic amusement gleaming in his blue eyes . |
| 5 | Travis turned away , but not before she had seen the way his face closed up . |
| 6 | And when she did , she eased open the door , but not before she had shut her eyes . |
| 7 | But not before she had answered in a firm tone , ‘ Definitely . ’ |
| 8 | His features hardened into an expressionless mask , but not before she had glimpsed an instant 's pure shock . |
| 9 | Luke looked away , but not before she had glimpsed the pain on his face . |
| 10 | SHE TOLD me the story , but not before she had advised me that she was absolutely scandalized . |
| 11 | Following the death of James I , Charles I became King of England , in 1625 , and the Duke of Buckingham ( who had been James I 's favourite ) retained his influence over the throne until he was assassinated at Portsmouth , in August 1628 , but not before he had arranged the marriage of Charles I to Henrietta Maria of France . |
| 12 | She quickly turned her eyes away but not before he had detected , to his discomfort , a look of grave , almost maternal solicitude . |
| 13 | The words came into existence but not before he had analysed , accepted them , agreed to make them real . |
| 14 | But not before he had felt the painful thinness of her upper arm , the jutting of her hip against him . |
| 15 | He allowed Rose to take the gun away but not before he had removed the empty shell . |
| 16 | Kryuchkov affirmed the high priority being given by the KGB to combating black-marketeering and organized crime , but not before he had alleged that certain forces were engaged in " economic sabotage " for political ends and were in league with the criminal underworld . |
| 17 | Mickey Morris , having left school with a grade 1 CSE , ‘ managed to scrape four ‘ O ’ levels at college' and then progressed admirably through the internal examination system of the Department of Health and Social Security ; but not before he had come to terms with what he called ‘ a home truth ’ . |
| 18 | After the meeting , Flashman slipped out of a side exit to the hotel 's underground car park — but not before he had pinned another photographer , Paul Welford , against a wall . |
| 19 | to back him through thick and thin , but not before I had consulted the eight or nine senior legal Members ( some of them more distinguished at the Bar than myself ) and got their promises of support . |
| 20 | She could imagine that Tom would go out and leave his door open if he was working about the place but not if he had quitted it , and in winter it seemed foolhardy to say the least to leave it and let the cold air invade the house . |
| 21 | The franchise was eventually widened as a result of the Unionist demand , but not as they had expected . |
| 22 | Yes , life had come , but not as they had dreamed it , as the great liberator from restraint and narrowness , but rather as the great enemy , with which he had to fight , fight as he was still fighting today and must fight until the end , with never the hope of victory ! |
| 23 | It was still there , but not as he had left it . |
| 24 | If they were to find dry kindling to light a fire to cook their heron Marian knew they would have to stop soon , but not until they had found the stream again and crossed it . |
| 25 | Becky also commented on the new suit , but not until she had finished checking a lengthy column of figures . |