Example sentences of "but it [verb] some [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely a forlorn ambition , but it goes some way to explain , what would otherwise be so difficult to understand , why eminent members of the nascent |
| 2 | I knew what I had to do but it took some courage to switch that light on , I can tell you . |
| 3 | It was marvellous that it was all over , but it took some time to sink in , and in any event had no immediate effect on most of us . |
| 4 | Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision . |
| 5 | It is largely derivative , but it contains some stories written from his own experience and that of his personal acquaintances , including an account of his family and its devotion to St Stephen 's church , Launceston . |