Example sentences of "but it [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But it had a profound effect on the child care service of the time . |
| 32 | But it had a queer feeling — you 'll see for yourselves when we get there . |
| 33 | ‘ Ah , ’ was all that Maidstone said to this but it had a knowing sound to it . |
| 34 | But it had a special place in many north Londoners ' hearts . |
| 35 | So there I am , during this rather romantic conversation , toying with the little hairs in it 's ears , not knowing whether I should try and get in through the snout or what — but it had a happy ending . |
| 36 | But it had a tragic consequence . |
| 37 | ANDY THORN 'S matchwinner ensured Crystal Palace 's revival continued to gather pace — but it meant a sixth defeat in eight games for Leeds , the crumbling champions . |
| 38 | The reasons for the conflict , the struggle of royal versus baronial liberties , were of wider importance than Sussex issues but it left a real mark on the county 's experience . |
| 39 | The main emphasis is now on milk , but it retains a fast rate of growth and the calves weigh 46–50kg at birth . |
| 40 | George Bush makes a campaign television commercial about crime , but it features a black criminal , so he is called racist . |
| 41 | I think that we look very favourably on schemes whereby an education process is involved erm where there are workshops and performance , but it becomes a total package in itself — it 's not just a performance for an ethnic minority , but it 's one that represents the fact that we live in a multi-cultural society itself . |
| 42 | The majority of the vast Kazakhstan region was a no man 's land , but it formed a deep buffer zone between the populated areas of the North-Western USSR and the Mongolian deserts which gave way to the Chinese border . |
| 43 | There had already been examples in the fifties , notably Delmer Daves 's Broken Arrow , Robert Aldrich 's Apache and Sam Fuller 's Run of the Arrow , but it began a new trend in which the Western was appropriated by directors in order to express their liberal views . |
| 44 | She thought it a mite expensive , but it looked a respectable place , and Mrs Taylor had been sympathetic about Grandfather . |
| 45 | We were then too high for much detail , but it looked a general melee back where Mala had been . |
| 46 | The result can be a very long document in a complicated coding scheme , but it forms a powerful description of design information without any compromise made in accuracy . |
| 47 | The material in the preceding section will be seen by some as both uncontroversial and trivial , but it forms a basic backcloth for the argument being developed in this book . |
| 48 | There was some scepticism about this solution — given that we had altered the recommendations for doctors and dentists — but it says a great deal for the good sense of the nurses that they accepted the plan . |
| 49 | Apple Computer Inc has always jealously guarded its Macintosh environment , but it made a striking gesture when it allowed IBM to build machines that would run the PowerPC version of Macintosh System when the chip is ready . |
| 50 | I do n't know what animal it was , but it made a good meal . |
| 51 | ‘ I only had a couple of hours with him , but it made a tremendous difference . |
| 52 | ‘ But it made a difficult situation impossible , caused distress to her and her husband and sounded the death knell on the marriage which until then , although in difficulties , neither of them had given up hope of saving . ’ |
| 53 | The above may be so , but it took a long while for anything significant to happen to the share price . |
| 54 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 55 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 56 | ‘ The device looks simple , but it took a long time to find companies that could make it , ’ he says . |
| 57 | The blaze commenced one lunchtime when few people were in the premises , so there was no loss of life , but it took a long time for the blaze to be brought under control and some days before the firemen were able to be sure that there was no risk of further outbreaks of fire . |
| 58 | The old lady was quite sprightly for her age but it took a long time for them both to reach the top floor . |
| 59 | I got a job eventually , but it took a long time . |
| 60 | For example , a reduction in the cost of grinding and polishing plate glass was made possible by the float process , but it took a long time and a great deal of money to make it work . |