Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In retrospect it was courageous legislation but it had curiously little bite . |
| 2 | Freedom from the restraining hand of a squire or a parson no doubt encouraged enterprise but it meant that much activity went unrecorded . |
| 3 | It looks rather splendid , but it attracted so much attention that after two days she took it all out . |
| 4 | But it ate so much procession power that most PCs could n't drive it fast enough , so hardly anyone bought it . |
| 5 | But it put too much pressure on the relationship , and when it finished I realised that he 'd resented what I had done . |
| 6 | She reported that she was sure she would be able to prove something , but it needed just one operation , with more money . |
| 7 | But it started again this evening . |