Example sentences of "but it [vb past] some [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Granted , Vitor continued to blame her , but it represented some kind of progress .
2 The famous Marx Brothers ' contract scene in A Night at the Opera ( " The party of the first part shall be known in this contract as the party of the first part " ) exaggerated the worst excesses of legal drafting , but it had some basis in fact .
3 But it took some while for the tractors to become available in other markets .
4 But it took some time for our achievement to sink in .
5 But it took some time for our achievement to sink in .
6 The hill fort at Dun Bhorairaig at Dunlossit would seem to have been a broch from the description of it by Thomas Pennant in 1772 , but it suffered some reconstruction in Medieval times , it has been suggested to turn it into a lookout. which the magnificent view of the whole of the Sound of Islay would support .
7 The hill fort at Dun Bhorairaig at Dunlossit would seem to have been a broch from the description of it by Thomas Pennant in 1772 , but it suffered some reconstruction in Medieval times , it has been suggested to turn it into a lookout. which the magnificent view of the whole of the Sound of Islay would support .
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