Example sentences of "but was [verb] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 The blazer badge reinforced the ‘ capture of bodies ’ philosophy which had sustained our earlier lives , but was created at the same time that I was compiling a paper for presentation at the national BMA police surgeons ' conference .
2 She went over to the Cookery and Refreshments Tent , but was stopped at the entrance by a pale-faced Constable Perkins .
3 He was returned as Liberal MP for Liverpool Exchange division in the general election of January 1910 , but was defeated at the election of December 1910 .
4 A similar campaign finance bill ( including the honoraria ban and limitation on outside income ) was passed by the Senate in 1990 but was lost at the end of the congressional session when the two Houses failed to agree upon the final form of the legislation .
5 If some crisis occurred to disturb the customary order of things , it could not be something really new but was foreseen at the creation of the world .
6 This was no general or casual interest , but was directed at no other marriage than his own .
7 Charles had planned to take part in a private Mass with the Pope , but was forbidden at the last moment after strong protest to the government from the Church of England hierarchy .
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