Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] but [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This last-named was begun in 1090 in the style of S. Martín of Frómista but was completed later under Burgundian auspices . |
| 2 | Between 1910 and 1914 , 1930 and 1931 , and 1977 and 1979 ( the period of the " Lib-Lab Pact " ) , the party in office lacked a majority in the House of Commons but was maintained in office by a tacit agreement with one or more smaller parties . |
| 3 | George spent his early childhood in his home town of Liverpool but was evacuated to North Wales after the outbreak of war . |
| 4 | The festival organisers , the local CAMRA branch and Tynemouth Round Table , planned to open from 11am to 10.30pm on Friday and Saturday in the first week of September but were forced to close at 9pm instead . |
| 5 | A defeatist , appeasement-like attitude often was at the heart of federalist thinking found in some parts of the City of London but is repudiated by those such as Professor Tim Congdon in the Sunday Telegraph on 20 October 1991 — ‘ City 's Silly Euro-scare ’ . |
| 6 | Hankin was happy with the commitment shown against Chester but is looking for improvement in the survival fight . |
| 7 | Goalkeeper David Seaman damaged a shoulder against Stockport but is expected to be fit to report to the England squad tomorrow . |
| 8 | The pair , both available on free transfers from Deepdale , have had talks with Barrow but are adopting a wait-and-see attitude to his offers . |
| 9 | McGee , who began as an apprentice with Middlesbrough but was released after making 30 League appearances , has had a unsuccessful spell with Leicester . |
| 10 | Anaeas is in love with Dido but is told that he must leave in order to save trial . |
| 11 | As far as I have been able to find out , it has no specific connection with Bristol but is named after Nonsuch Palace , which was built in Surrey near Hampton Court . |
| 12 | Voting in the elections started in mid-May but was postponed after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi by Tamil separatists while addressing a rally in Tamil Nadu [ see p. 38175 ] . |
| 13 | David Bowe , Euro MP for Cleveland and North Yorkshire , is already in Brussels but is sending a representative to see Mrs Stringer off from Middlesbrough station today . |
| 14 | Above the dry waterfall , the path continues to Horton in Ribblesdale but is left for an easy traverse south along the ridge , passing extensive areas of limestone pavement . |
| 15 | If the right arises by reference to the first marketing of the article , such as where a semiconductor topography is designed by a Brazilian in Brazil but is marketed in the United Kingdom by an importer , then the importer will be deemed to own the semiconductor design right . |
| 16 | Christianity gained a hold here later than in Denmark but was established by the twelfth century and the Cistercians began to found monasteries soon after , as at Varnhem and Alvastra . |
| 17 | He had been a raging success in Spain but was lured back to England by his namesake manager in the belief that his international prospects would be considerably improved . |
| 18 | He had been a raging success in Spain but was lured back to England by his namesake manager in the belief that his international prospects would be considerably improved . |
| 19 | The flight began in July but was delayed for two weeks until early August following initial problems with take-off at high altitudes . |
| 20 | The top weight , Golden Friend , made a promising seasonal debut when beating The Thinker at Haydock in November but was pulled up on a return visit to the course when Baies beat The Thinker narrowly . |
| 21 | Mr Evans had been employed in the marketing and sales field in Bristol but was left jobless when the firm 's holding company went into receivership . |
| 22 | Mrs Jingle demands payment of the £5 from Pickwick but is refused . |
| 23 | The sellers had such a term in Butler but were held to have waived its effect , and accepted the buyers ' terms by returning the tear off slip . |
| 24 | Wright finished 45th last week in Tucson but is seen as a player on the verge of her first win . |
| 25 | The trial had been scheduled to begin in August but was delayed after defence submissions that the massive publicity surrounding the case had prejudiced Smith 's chances of receiving a fair hearing . |
| 26 | He won the first race of the season in Australia but was injured before the Phoenix 200 . |
| 27 | Rocastle began the first Euro tie in Stuttgart but was substituted at half-time , and all his other five appearances have been as a replacement . |
| 28 | Fabre has been a little quiet in the early stages of the new season in France but is expected to produce one of his best three-year olds , Corrouge , in the Prix de Quincy , a maiden race , at Evry on Monday . |
| 29 | Primary pleural lymphoma has been described , particularly in Japan but is said to arise most frequently from old inflammatory pleural disease , is usually of B cell type and is usually localised to the pleura . |
| 30 | New tyres for both engine and tender have arrived from Belgium but are going off site for machining and fitting to the wheels . |