Example sentences of "[noun prp] [num] but [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reactors to the TB test were first found in their herd in January 1986 but after only three months they got the all-clear again . |
| 2 | Staff at Middlesbrough General Hospital at first tried to induce labour on January 31 but when it became clear Mrs Busuttil , now of West Drayton , London , was not in labour they discontinued their efforts . |
| 3 | In October the two Kings agreed on a truce until January 1187 but whether or not this was supposed to include the war in Toulouse is not clear . |
| 4 | He promoted county petitions supporting the vote of no addresses and the trial of Charles I. But although named to the high court of justice in January 1649 , he stayed away and returned to Parliament only after the king 's execution . |
| 5 | He had tasted action in a raid along the Litani river in Syria against Vichy French forces in June 1941 but when Stirling went to interview him he discovered that Paddy was under close arrest for striking his commanding officer in the mess . |