The sentence "He left in a hurry after he got a phone call, but he came back five minutes later" is a compound-complex sentence.
- A compound-complex sentence has, at least, two independent clauses and one dependent clause.
- An independent clause has a subject and a predicate. It conveys a full thought and can stand alone as a sentence.
- One of the two independent clauses in a compound-complex sentence will be introduced by a coordinating conjunction - but, for, and, nor, or, yet, so.
- A dependent clause is introduced by a subordinating conjunction - after, because, etc.. It also has a subject and a predicate, but it cannot stand alone as a sentence.
- We can break down the sentence we are analyzing here in the following manner:
1. Independent clause: "He left in a hurry"
2. Dependent clause: "after he got a phone call"
3. Independent clause: "but he came back five minutes later."
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