Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [noun] but [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This company had purchased two new middle-water vessels , the Ben Loyal and Ben Roy but had been unable to make them pay and was obliged to sell them in May 1980 . |
| 2 | It was truly democratic ; she not only named six Head Girls , Mr Smith and Miss Doris but had not forgotten the loyalty of William . |
| 3 | Gresham 's made a promising start with contributions from Ivor Crampsie , Alistair Ponder and Hugh Semple but slumped from 131/3 to 169 at the hands of Ashley Cowan ( 4/33 ) and Richard Wilson ( 4/36 ) . |
| 4 | The First Division strugglers were 3–0 down after only 24 minutes to goals from Craig Maskell ( 2 ) and Martin Ling but fought back to almost snatch a point . |
| 5 | He was a historian of the Tudor and Stuart period but achieved his greatest fame as a historian of Bristol , particularly by his outstanding history of the Society of Merchant Venturers . |