Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The boy was a little shocked and had quite deep gashes but landing on the bed as he did certainly saved him . |
| 2 | On the other hand , by the time of Herodotus and Thucydides life in the polis did not consist of isolated episodes covering heroes but depended on the continuity of institutions , laws , contracts , and expectations . |
| 3 | CHRIS O'BRIEN scored a fine hat-trick for Garston Woodcutters but finished on the losing side in an 8-3 defeat against Great Eastern in the South Merseyside MYA Junior League Under 11 division . |
| 4 | That was the danger as Arsenal , chasing success on two cup fronts but arriving on a roll of four straight wins and reinforced by the returns of Ian Wright , Lee Dixon and John Jensen , massed behind the ball and waited to pounce on the break . |
| 5 | Gimli 's ‘ Song of Durin' at I 329–30 is dwarvishly plain and active , but still carries on the sense of decay in Middle-earth opposed to ultimate hope ; Legolas 's ‘ Song of Nimrodel ’ a little later makes similar oppositions but ends on an opposite note , of faltering and ultimate defeat on the ‘ Hither Shore ’ . |
| 6 | Most have no wings but stay on the same plant , feeding and multiplying . |
| 7 | There are stalkers ' paths but walking on the hills is discouraged in the deer-shooting season . |