Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] but [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steve White could have finished Wolves off for good if he 'd scored but a 2-0 victory is just what the doctor ordered … |
| 2 | It had flown but a few hours in his ownership , and it might be available for a feature in Pilot . |
| 3 | The wind had dropped but the still air winced with frost . |
| 4 | They had searched but the only money they had found was two and eightpence in Mrs Cullam 's handbag , a white plastic handbag with black grease in its creases . |
| 5 | The Army had taught him that , too , and the SAS acceptance tests had rammed the lesson home by sending him out over the damp Brecon Beacons with a 55-lb Bergen rucksack knowing he had to cover a certain distance in a certain time but not knowing that when he had done it , there would n't be the trucks they had promised but a vague assur-ance of a cup of tea if he kept on marching a few more miles in that direction . |
| 6 | It was the same story as Archer had told but the sinister technique had varied . |
| 7 | We had walked but a short distance when the path rounded a corner and led towards an impressive canyon with no obvious way forward . |
| 8 | I lay on my fourposter ready to bemoan what had happened but the next minute I rolled over and sank into the deepest sleep . |
| 9 | Some had tried but the general feeling was that she was n't one of us . |
| 10 | His status as an employee had ended but the continuing terms of the contract of employment subsisted . |