Example sentences of "[adj] but [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hardys left Swanage early in 1876 but visited it again in 1892 , when they attended a meeting of the Dorset Field Club and ‘ were introduced to old Mr B(urt) , ‘ the King of Swanage ’ ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ The prison staff said that was OK but said they would have to tie back the cell doors . |
| 3 | The Mozambican President , Mr Joaquim Chissano , has announced general elections for 1991 but hinted they would be single party only , the Portuguese news agency , Lusa , said yesterday . |
| 4 | She disliked this voice very much but employed it more and more . |
| 5 | Women prisoners in Armagh had political status until 1975 but lost it in the following year and the numbers in Armagh rose dramatically during the late seventies . |
| 6 | I felt quite sick but thought it almost a duty far one afflicted in my way to remain , saying to myself , ‘ Oh , you like cruelty , do you ? |
| 7 | Chief Superintendent Large had been polite but made it clear that this was a matter for professionals and he had everything sewn up . |
| 8 | It was pleasant but had I been blindfolded I would not have been able to tell the difference from its cheaper , non-organic counterpart . |
| 9 | referred to Turnbull & Co. v. Duval [ 1902 ] A.C. 429 but distinguished it , at p. 402 : |
| 10 | It must be a bit like being a lapsed Catholic , he thought ; you knew you were right but felt you were wrong . |
| 11 | So she was relieved , but at the same time a little chagrined when he did n't stop the car at all but drove her to the bottom of the footpath that led up to the Hoflin farm . |
| 12 | ‘ And once we all but had him safe , ’ said Owen , groaning into his hands , for he was very tired . |
| 13 | Either she did n't want to publish it this year , or not at all but wanted her not to go to another publisher all the same . |
| 14 | Babs said it was all very well but had he forgotten their leading man was flat on his back in Sefton General ? |
| 15 | Dallaway was running 4th but lost it to Goetschy by a third of a second . |
| 16 | Last night her private secretary , Sir Martin Gilliat said she was perfectly healthy but claimed she had ‘ other engagements ’ . |
| 17 | Böhme , a 45-year-old historian , joined the former SED at the age of 17 but left it in 1976 in protest at the persecution of intellectuals . |
| 18 | The judge was impressed but reckoned it was in the wrong section . |
| 19 | Prof Carter described the laboratory evidence as really dramatic but said it is too early to say whether the same effect can be produced in patients . |
| 20 | ‘ They were really apologetic but said she had to come in . ’ |
| 21 | Further questions on unemployment ‘ people do n't want training they want jobs ’ , homelessness and the NHS left Mr Major a little wobbly but provided him with the best and closing line of the night . |
| 22 | I but saw him the once , and yet can not bear for him to despise me so . |
| 23 | We were hot , tired and feeling none too clean but had we enjoyed ourselves ? |
| 24 | Unlike Richard he was not brought up in Welsh but learnt it as a foreign language . |
| 25 | I was n't too keen but said I would . |
| 26 | Her parents and sisters were sympathetic but expected her to conform to the existing status quo . |
| 27 | While she was thus engaged Chignell had summoned the hotel doctor , who presently ushered her into his sanctum and gave her something to drink , which tasted horrible but made her feel much better . |