Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] but [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modern Tarquinia ( earlier known as Corneto but now re-named after the Etruscan Tarquinii ) is built near to the original city . |
| 2 | Like Mr Kravchuk , Khmelnytsky won independence for Ukraine but then lost it by making a fatal alliance with Russia . |
| 3 | He wove these and other influences from Florentine contemporaries into a distinctive manner , at once responding to the plastic values of Donatello but never renouncing an almost calligraphic approach to outlines and drapery . |
| 4 | More than 100 people were thought to have been killed in faction fighting in Natal and in townships around Johannesburg during March , mostly between supporters of the ANC and of Inkatha but also involving the security forces . |
| 5 | Darren Grannell , 28 , of Lord Street , Latchford , Warrington and Lee Day , 22 , formerly of Warrington but now living in Weston-super-Mare , denied assaulting PC Roy Aspinall but changed their pleas to guilty after a trial had started . |
| 6 | Wishart had considered Edward of England but then dismissed him . |
| 7 | In creating ‘ Passion ’ , she has not only documented the activities of BWCP but also provided ‘ an excellent introduction to the range and intensity of Blackwomen 's Creativity in Britain ’ |
| 8 | Our method of classification was derived from that of Wigglesworth but slightly differed from it . |
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday 's chief goalscorer made it nine from 13 games in the defeat of QPR but later revealed he is happy for the first time this season . |
| 10 | Barry had been divorced for twelve years , had been a member of Dateline but then had moved because of work . |
| 11 | Not only was he Bishop of Winchester but also Provost to Eton , Lord chancellor to Henry VI and tutor to Edward , Prince of Wales . |
| 12 | He set up in practice in the copper-mining town of Hettstedt but soon discovered that he was out of sympathy with the barbaric medical practices of his time which often showed little compassion for , or understanding of , the patient . |
| 13 | ‘ I do not know , but the red lion is not the Lord Bruce nor indeed his son , the Earl of Carrick but actually refers to Carrick 's son , Bruce 's grandson , a boy of twelve , ’ Thomas sniffed as if to say , ‘ Make of it what you wish . ’ |
| 14 | It is a charming Norman interior reminiscent of S. John 's Chapel in the Tower of London but also has an affinity with the small Byzantine churches of Greece . |
| 15 | For a period of the late 16th century it appears to have come into the possession of the Earls of Leicester but eventually came back into the full possession of Trinity College , which remained lord of the manor until quite recent times . |
| 16 | Steve Morrell of King 's School , Chester , hit a hat-trick against Repton but still finished on the losing side . |
| 17 | Brazil , who had drawn a stormy match 1-1 in Santiago in mid-August , were leading 2-0 in Rio in September when a woman fan released the flare which landed near Rojas but plainly did not hit him . |
| 18 | PLUG ARE a cheerful four-piece with a singer who likes to think he looks like Morrissey but actually bears a closer resemblance to a slightly wobbly Eddie Tenpole Tudor , and reveals an easy to spot Cud fixation . |
| 19 | She brought an assault action against Caan but later dropped the charge . |
| 20 | she had guessed Taczek had not told her the whole truth of his relationship with Mills but now had confirmation . |
| 21 | The Waltham Forest CHC not only was in disagreement with Mezey but also questioned the length of time it had taken the RHA to make time for a discussion of the report ( one year ) . |
| 22 | Harford , 34 , spent yesterday at Stamford Bridge talking terms with Porterfield but later had talks with Everton manager Howard Kendall . |
| 23 | only gives brief details of the Queen 's meeting with Diana but TODAY has learned that it was held in the Queen 's sitting room at Windsor Castle . |
| 24 | The competition was not just humbling for Joe but also exhausting : ‘ We were playing non stop bridge for 11 hours per day over four days . |
| 25 | Donald Maclean 's wife Melinda joined her husband in Moscow but soon found life bleak and dismal . |
| 26 | In the Russian Museum itself , Oskar Rabin and Valentina Kropivnitskaya , two artists who once worked in Moscow but now live in Paris , have their work on display at present . |
| 27 | Lord Hanson bought a 3% stake in ICI but ultimately abandoned his takeover plans , acquired Beazer and made an unsuccessful bid for Ranks Hovis McDougall , defeated by his protege at Tomkins , Chris Hutchins . |
| 28 | The accord renewed the provisions for a ceasefire which had been agreed on in March but never put into effect [ see p. 38755 ] . |
| 29 | They found that the worst abuses had been committed at the notorious Quatro " rehabilitation centre " in Angola but also said that conditions in other ANC camps in Angola , Tanzania , Uganda and Zambia had in no way been " remotely acceptable " . |
| 30 | With two King George VI Chases at Kempton to his name and nearly £105,000 in the bank , this seven-year-old , owned by Marquesa de Moratalla , a 63-year-old who was born in Spain but now lives in Switzerland , and trained by Francois Doumen in a leafy suburb of Paris , seems vulnerable when faced with the infamous Cheltenham hill . |