Example sentences of "but [verb] a [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alternator can be fitted straight to your engine using the Series III mounting bracket but needs a Land Rover alternator pulley . |
| 2 | It decided to visit North East London Polytechnic , for example , but declared a Huddersfield proposal to be unacceptable in its present form . |
| 3 | ‘ Come on , now , is this the girl that sat down next to Bertrand Russell outside the Ministry of Defence and would n't pay her fine , but sang a Bob Dylan at them ? ’ |
| 4 | This leaves it in an appallingly weak PR position , but appointing a DG would do nothing to improve it . |
| 5 | The eighteen-person PS'Soft unit sells only in France at present , but expects a UK outlet to be established soon . |
| 6 | On Jan. 17 , Khayreh Alaleh confirmed the arrest of seven alleged " ringleaders " , including Aref and members of the police and armed forces , but denied a BBC report that Ahmed Dini Ahmed , Djibouti 's first Prime Minister [ see pp. 28499-500 ] , was among them . |
| 7 | But take a Surrey man like Jack 'Obbs . |