Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | That may not sound very imposing , but it represented a major advance . |
2 | In others a little more imagination was required : This may not sound much like science , but it represented a significant departure from the book learning of his day . |
3 | The pope was wrong ; the Curia was wrong ; Anselm 's judgement was right but had no authority ; the authority quoted by Ivo was certainly spurious , but it produced an acceptable result . |
4 | But it seemed a long time . |
5 | I designed the itinerary , of course , for high political resonance , but it seemed a good idea to take in beautiful towns and routes . |
6 | God knows why , because I was n't entertaining and I never went in pubs , but it seemed a good idea at the time . |
7 | How the British depended on tea — but it seemed a good idea . |
8 | The thought did come to his mind a week or so later that she might have been in love with him , but it seemed a ludicrous idea as well as self-congratulatory , and he put it by . |
9 | Video re-runs hinted that Dowie had impeded a defender thus giving Quinn the necessary space but it seemed a harsh decision . |
10 | I do n't live here , but it seemed the obvious thing to do . ’ |
11 | Well , yes , of course it could , but it seemed an odd way of going about things . |
12 | Perhaps they had adjusted to the sanitised neutralism of a Stockholm commune , but it seemed an odd life for men who had chosen to become soldiers . |
13 | I thought she said , ‘ Sand under my plate ’ , but it seemed an unlikely remark , so I smiled , soothing her like a baby . |
14 | I wondered briefly whether my father had a tendency to marry women who would make their children unhappy , but it seemed an unfair reflection . |
15 | As with most research projects covering unfamiliar ground , it was not clear at the time how this would help the subsequent investigation , but it met the immediate need to record the results in a concise and tidy manner . |
16 | Not only was the BDDA among them , but it played a major part in the revival of the NID . |
17 | By the mid-1930s it was past its peak , but it played a prominent part in the agitation which led to the suspension of the National Government 's unemployment assistance board scheme early in 1935 . |
18 | Today very little military demi-caractère style exists in Western ballet except in such American works as Balanchine 's Stars and Stripes , but it played a large part during the nineteenth century . |
19 | A ridiculous word in itself , but it had a certain swing about it . |
20 | But it had a dramatic effect on the entertainment giant 's stock . |
21 | But it had a profound effect on the child care service of the time . |
22 | But it had a queer feeling — you 'll see for yourselves when we get there . |
23 | ‘ Ah , ’ was all that Maidstone said to this but it had a knowing sound to it . |
24 | But it had a special place in many north Londoners ' hearts . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | But it had a tragic consequence . |
27 | Jezrael could see that her personal data was offering the captain a wide range of possibilities but it had no personal significance for Chesarynth 's little sister . |
28 | This made the task of the prosecutor somewhat easier , but it had the paradoxical effect that a person who distributed such material with a mischievous intention could argue that the recipients of his material were unlikely to be influenced by it , and he was therefore not guilty if his audience were already corrupt , or were members of an anti-racist organisation , or if the publication or spoken words were so contrary to human decency that they would be likely to provoke sympathy for the intended victim rather than hatred of him . |
29 | But it had the desired effect of snapping them out of their indecision and galvanising them into action . |
30 | He wanted to cheer Constance up but it had the opposite effect . |