Example sentences of "[vb past] but [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked deep in thought as he approached but the thing which intrigued Annie most was the way his mouth moved . |
| 2 | He had been trying to reach the doctor they used but the man was out . |
| 3 | The power of trade unions ensured that it was not the workers ' wages that suffered but the employers ' profits . |
| 4 | The Basildon result seemed but a straw to clutch at . |
| 5 | At night , at certain seasons , it glowed like fire , sometimes it seemed but the portal of a well-lighted hall ; and one old stone-breaker declared he had heard wonderful music issuing therefrom , the like of which he had never heard before ; while on one occasion he had seen troops of gaily-dressed elfins repairing thither , some on foot and some in carriages , and they all went into this mysterious hall . |
| 6 | Ten-thirty came but the train did not . |
| 7 | The older castles were patched up and redefended but the raids continued , increasing in severity ; it took almost twenty years before the authorities finally awoke to the extent of the problem . |
| 8 | I could guess why he might have had trouble with the sort of people Barbara described : she said she had watched what happened but the men had not spotted her . |
| 9 | Throughout his career he seemed to be around when it happened but the finger of accusation rarely pointed in his direction . |
| 10 | Everton celebrated but a linesman 's flag signalled offside . |
| 11 | Buildings in Darwin shook but the centre of the tremor , which measured 7.3 on the Richter scale , was hundreds of miles out to sea . |
| 12 | Carrie nodded but the nod was a lie . |
| 13 | The leather creaked but the hooves were silent in the snow . |
| 14 | The houses here were of the same structure as the mean buildings where Hari lived but the properties were well maintained , the outsides freshly painted , the windows gleaming with cleanliness and hung with rich drapes . |
| 15 | A thick , choking smoke arose but the rug began to burn and she dropped it with a cry . |
| 16 | The second thing is the not quite so obvious one of discovering if the present body is the first one of its kind to be set up in the locality , and were there any local organisations which once existed but no longing do so . |
| 17 | Soon nothing in the world existed but the heat of their bodies and the fiery threads that seemed to connect her skin to her innermost core . |
| 18 | Fortunately no-one was seriously hurt and no inmate escaped but the risk of trouble had been spotted and little done to stop it . |
| 19 | ‘ Make it fast , ’ he yelled but the man was too scared to understand . |
| 20 | She swallowed but no spit came into her mouth . |
| 21 | Only Fontwell survived but the course must pass a 7.30am inspection if it is to avoid becoming the 27th casualty of the season . |
| 22 | Capitalism survived but the writers have been largely forgotten . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's because you 've let him get away , ’ Whitlock snarled but the policeman snapped at him to face the front when he tried to look round . |
| 24 | ’ I snarled but the landlord , the two thugs close to his shoulder , screamed his innocence . |
| 25 | The Piccadilly money-lender gave the young man not only the £150 he needed but a £10 diamond ring and an £8 gold watch . |
| 26 | January 1917 — Sergeant Denis O'Neil was promoted to Captain , Buffalo Bill died but the USA knew a boom year — so did the other O'Neil brothers even if Rico d'Agostino was proving a bit of a nuisance in trying to buy them out . |
| 27 | It soon died but the monk continued his meditations , his door barred against the baying hounds . |
| 28 | In the three studies that reported large reductions in mortality and listed causes of death , mortality rates for diarrhoea and measles fell but the rate for acute respiratory infections ( ARI ) did not change . |
| 29 | Sheep numbers fell but the decline was small . |
| 30 | During the 1920s and 1930s interest in occupational family allowances grew but the impetus to introduce them came largely from individuals . |