Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] but [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They claimed to have the weapon purely for self-defence but also had a set of viciously spiked knuckle-dusters . |
| 2 | The group went round the course for month after month but wisely came to the conclusion yet again that they did not intend to alter the basis of the health service . |
| 3 | It was all very well for Connie to say , as she sometimes did , that Scarlet 's therapist might know all there was to know about psychoanalysis but clearly knew sod-all about human nature . |
| 4 | In many parts of the Asian elephants ' range the slaughter began with the coming of colonial man , who not only shot for sport but also cleared the forest for rubber and other crops and naturally did not want elephants to undo his good work . |
| 5 | Like Mr Kravchuk , Khmelnytsky won independence for Ukraine but then lost it by making a fatal alliance with Russia . |
| 6 | Those policemen who have racist views are faced with problems when the hero on celluloid is black , but when discussing such an instance , one policeman expressed his dislike for blacks but still found the film ‘ brilliant ’ ( FN 9/10/87 , p. 57 ) . |
| 7 | Oh yes , it 's in Scotland , you see , and whilst there , you see , every day er because a lady laughed at me and she said , she was staying in the same hotel and she said er I , I used to book up in advance of course but never took a chance . |
| 8 | The assistants not only preferred these sorts of activities but also felt that they were the ones most helpful to both child and teacher . |
| 9 | They were heading for the besieged Bosnian town of Travnik but never reached it . |
| 10 | Lord Dawson of Penn , that specialist in the industrial diseases of politicians , joined in the general chorus of congratulation but also told him , speaking medically and not politically : ‘ You will pay for this . ’ |
| 11 | Wishart had considered Edward of England but then dismissed him . |
| 12 | It not only dared to enter the domain of philosophy by offering a critique of epistemology but also brought with it the heresy of relativism . |
| 13 | This gave them a cushion of safety but often meant that the opposition found it easier to make space in midfield . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ The commission has consulted a lot of people but only listened to what they said when they agreed with the commission , ’ one source said . |
| 16 | But more compelling were her dark expressive eyes , eyes that had widened with shock on seeing Tyler there , eyes that might have spoken to him of anger but instead had betrayed something much deeper , and far more dangerous . |
| 17 | Hearing her own firmness doubted , she felt the beginnings of anger but quickly suppressed it . |
| 18 | At first he thought her body was a bag of rubbish but then saw her rucksack . |
| 19 | Barry had been divorced for twelve years , had been a member of Dateline but then had moved because of work . |
| 20 | Sean was smug to be the source of information but somehow disconcerted that Benny did n't get embarrassed as he had thought she would . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Officials emphasized that this move , anticipated to last not more than three months , did not constitute a step towards a state of emergency but simply formalised the existing situation . |
| 23 | We checked out hundreds of hotels but only found thirty-five or forty that met the basic-facilities criteria . |
| 24 | Doug Chadwick saw grizzlies chase mountain goats on a number of occasions but never saw one caught . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | She felt like swearing but instead said , ‘ You 're a very lucky man , Mr Hassan , he 's a lovely horse . ’ |
| 28 | She brought an assault action against Caan but later dropped the charge . |
| 29 | Adminius fled to Caligula and begged him to intervene , but that strange un-balanced Emperor toyed with a plan for invasion but suddenly changed his mind . |
| 30 | she had guessed Taczek had not told her the whole truth of his relationship with Mills but now had confirmation . |