Example sentences of "but [vb past] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were dismissed for 118 in only 44 overs but redeemed themselves in the field , cutting an impressive swathe through the Railway Union batting to win by 39 runs . |
| 2 | Su Ragazzi , who are bidding for a league and cup double , beat Jets in straight sets in Sewell 's second game in charge earlier this season but defeated them in the return in Edinburgh . |
| 3 | She was once a Tory activist , but told me in the first week of the campaign she had lost faith . |
| 4 | Brussels had a river but buried it in the 19th century when it began to stink . |
| 5 | He did n't put the key in his pocket , but hid it in the plant pot next to the door . |
| 6 | ‘ Indoors ? ’ asked Camille , who had again nearly lost her temper completely but retrieved it in the nick of time . |
| 7 | Women prisoners in Armagh had political status until 1975 but lost it in the following year and the numbers in Armagh rose dramatically during the late seventies . |
| 8 | This boast suggests that the vase-painters were not just copying the innovations of great artists but felt themselves in the van of the movement , true pioneers . |
| 9 | But galvanised herself in the heat to tease away Lucy 's shirt , work her jeans loose , kneaded her stomach , breathe fire into her breasts . |
| 10 | I could not stay , but left her in the care of the doctor and several nurses , and returned to London . |