Example sentences of "[art] [noun] but [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was willing to serve under the Protectorate but his loyalties were essentially republican and he welcomed the restoration of the Rump early in 1659 . |
| 2 | There is provision made for a rudder assembly on the Seayak but my version came without one so I can not vouch for its effectiveness in steering . |
| 3 | Ian Wiley of Ireland had a time some 3 seconds faster than the winner but his 5 second penalty for touching a gate put him in 4th place overall . |
| 4 | We were n't due to leave until the afternoon but our moods started to match the weather . |
| 5 | Several new plant species were recorded for the reserve but their most interesting find was of signs of a badger that had dug out a bees nest from the ground . |
| 6 | He has to watch his step very carefully vis-à-vis the Russians but my guess is that in this instance they went too far . |
| 7 | While Dean of Leighlin he hunted on the banks of the Barrow but his main residence was at Carrickblacker where he kept a stable of fine horses and in 1786 imported Hungarian hares to improve the native stock . |
| 8 | He thoroughly enjoyed the experience but his score is not for publication ! |
| 9 | They land on the volcanic planet of Tigus only to discover it is not the Daleks but their old foe from 1066 , the Time Meddling Monk . |
| 10 | Nothing remains of the warrior but his weapons |
| 11 | As I 've just said , Herod did not intend to kill John the Baptist but his wife , Herodias , did . |
| 12 | I was going on with it , all the bumps were okay but when I was actually inside the building again I hung on to GrandPat to get to the steps but my hand slipped so I was going round with the current so I tried to hold on to the orange thing that they had put there but I slipped off that and I kept on going round and the lifeguard gave erm me and somebody else a hoop and we both grabbed onto it |
| 13 | Berlin might become important in the future but its great age was in the 1920s , when East Germany was rich and clients came from Scandinavia and Russia . |
| 14 | Best 's skills mesmerised defenders and charmed the fans but his lifestyle attracted the press , the police and the parasitic attention of the Creatures who thrive on the back of stardom . |
| 15 | She insists there was no one in the car but my father and herself . ’ |
| 16 | Kelly also looked good at taking on the opposition but his final shot was appalling . |
| 17 | I was just saying erm sorry about keep on stopping the tape but your microphone is absolutely shit |
| 18 | Kelly carried on looking over the books but his heart was n't in it . |
| 19 | He does n't actually use the words but his philosophy is clearly that the New Zealand sojourn may have been the darkest hour but that the darkest hours comes before the dawning of a new day . |
| 20 | He kept working when the war started between the Arabs and the Jews but his last edition came suddenly on 9 March 1948 . |
| 21 | As a previous posting commented , I hate the scum but my love for Leeds is greater that and thus I will always want to see Leeds win , if I has the option between a Leeds win and a scum/Liverpool loss . |
| 22 | The decision in Caldwell , however , persuaded the Committee in its final Report to address the issue but its approach reflects the current ambiguity in the case law . |
| 23 | His forehead was ripped dark in the starlight but his cheekbones still gleamed ( an image superimposed : the sunset slanting over him as he grinned at her in the freighter ) the way she remembered . |
| 24 | He tried once more to see the Queen but her fat , pompous chamberlain rudely announced that Lady Yolande was leaving Scotland and had no wish to discuss anything with anyone . |
| 25 | The code was written by the Council but its publication has been sponsored additionally by the SCU , Scottish Natural Heritage , and the Scottish Sports Council , who organised the launch at the rather odd time of 11 am on a weekday morning . |
| 26 | that came in the wheelchair but her husband did n't come ? |
| 27 | Lee 's excitingly edgy guitar occasionally manages to break through the murk but his brother Robert 's thin vocals are lost in the unrelenting din . |
| 28 | Gossip put nothing of himself to the test but his patience . |
| 29 | The two tests were explained in that case by the Lord Chancellor … who commented that not the law but our mode of life has changed over the years ; that what has changed is " the degree in which certain things have seemed susceptible of being put up as mere ornaments whereas at our earlier period the mere construction rendered it impossible sometimes to sever the thing which was put up from the realty . " |
| 30 | The word " invention " is not defined in the Act but its meaning is really a matter of common sense and it can be used in a fairly wide sense . |