Example sentences of "but [vb past] some [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Presteigne ( the modern spelling ) had a railway connection , completed in 1875 but planned some years earlier ( see below ) , which lasted right up till Dr Beeching 's Axe . |
| 2 | In state assembly by-elections Congress ( I ) suffered losses in Kerala and Goa , but made some gains in Andhra Pradesh , Bihar , Karnataka , Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal . |
| 3 | Pinnacle , based in Columbus , Ohio , had originally planned to use the Texas Instruments Inc 64-bit SuperSparc that Sun is using in its latest workstations , but realised some time ago that it was waiting at the back of a long line of manufacturers queuing for a trickle of SuperSparcs being thrown their way . |
| 4 | He rejected stale prices as a cause , but found some support for arbitrage risk as an explanation of mispricing . |
| 5 | The national debate concerning Canada 's constitutional future — particularly Quebec 's role within it — which had been under way since the collapse in June 1990 of the Meech Lake Accord [ see pp. 37519-20 ] , continued in June but showed some evidence of a greater willingness to compromise by both the separatist French minority and the English-speaking majority . |
| 6 | Pemell 's publications were all in the vernacular , but showed some knowledge of Latin , and were derived from classical and contemporary learned authors , with a few references to his own experience . |
| 7 | These were mainly from changing daily habits , but included some medicines . |
| 8 | Rinuccini 's next favola for music , a Euridice with a happy ending , was composed by Peri ( but included some pieces by Caccini which are duly acknowledged in the preface ) for the wedding of Maria de' Medici to Henry IV of France and performed in the Pitti Palace on 6 October 1600 . |
| 9 | IXI said it had been courted by a couple of other Unix suppliers , but decided some months ago to offer itself up to its OEM partner . |
| 10 | But needed some kind of help : she 'd spoken about it for months before and was utterly thrilled when Jay drawled an interest . |
| 11 | ‘ He left SIS back in sixty-two but kept some contact with the service for at least a decade afterwards . ’ |
| 12 | This was true , but took some time to become clear . |
| 13 | Alex and Judy were self funded but had some sponsorship from FWWG and John Wood Group PLC , again going towards the Sick Children 's Hospital . |
| 14 | But had some student recited Quexos 's first Law of Drama to him this cold November night he would have nodded grimly , and said : all true , all true . |
| 15 | The driver , who was normally employed as a fitter , but had some driving experience with the Corporation , was acting as a relief driver and was found to be principally to blame for the accident , because of his lack of experience , which resulted in his letting the car take the curve at too great a speed and the conductor for applying the hand brake at his end so as to lock the wheels ; he had received no instruction on the proper procedure . |
| 16 | Hannah was growing her hair but wanted some shape and softness around the face . |
| 17 | He scored some great goals but missed some sitters . |