The citizens of Ada knew he had been arrested several times but had always been released for lack of evidence.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

For years, he had always been planning to paint a work of art, but had never yet begun it.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

The bullets had hit the steel. The force of the bullets had knocked him down, but had not hurt him.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

Annette Flanagin and Joe Wislar said they were pleased about the decrease but had hoped it would be larger.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

The researchers completed a study involving five volunteers who had lost their arms, but had the TMR surgery.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

Honorary authors, also called guest authors, receive credit in a published study but had little to do with designing it or writing the article.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

Bruce Springsteen did the honors: "This was a band that not only wanted to lay claim to this world, but had their eyes on the next one,too.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

Her father worked hard but had not been very successful.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

Margaret Smith, a leader in Washington society at that time, wrote a letter describing the scene: Ladies fainted, men were seen with bloody noses and such a scene of confusion took place as is impossible to describe - those who got in could not get out by the door again, but had to scramble out of windows.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

"The policeman who ran into them was not only drunk, but had gone through a red light and had no siren on.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Senior State Department officials later said North Korea had been invited by Thailand to send an envoy to Phuket but had not responded.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was to have attended the G-8 ministerial, and a weekend meeting of OSCE foreign ministers in Greece, but had to cancel because of her recent surgery for a broken elbow.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

"When I found a medieval abbey in France that said they had been baking for 1300 years, but had lost the last monk who knew how to bake bread, I volunteered to come over and bake some bread for them.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

But she had never met a musician she felt fully shared her musical point of view until she met Matt Ward.

VOA: special.2010.05.07