Example sentences of "but it [vb past] a [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 | But it seemed a long time . |
| 4 | I designed the itinerary , of course , for high political resonance , but it seemed a good idea to take in beautiful towns and routes . |
| 5 | God knows why , because I was n't entertaining and I never went in pubs , but it seemed a good idea at the time . |
| 6 | How the British depended on tea — but it seemed a good idea . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Video re-runs hinted that Dowie had impeded a defender thus giving Quinn the necessary space but it seemed a harsh decision . |
| 9 | Not only was the BDDA among them , but it played a major part in the revival of the NID . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | A ridiculous word in itself , but it had a certain swing about it . |
| 13 | But it had a dramatic effect on the entertainment giant 's stock . |
| 14 | But it had a profound effect on the child care service of the time . |
| 15 | But it had a queer feeling — you 'll see for yourselves when we get there . |
| 16 | ‘ Ah , ’ was all that Maidstone said to this but it had a knowing sound to it . |
| 17 | But it had a special place in many north Londoners ' hearts . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But it had a tragic consequence . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She thought it a mite expensive , but it looked a respectable place , and Mrs Taylor had been sympathetic about Grandfather . |
| 24 | We were then too high for much detail , but it looked a general melee back where Mala had been . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I do n't know what animal it was , but it made a good meal . |
| 27 | ‘ I only had a couple of hours with him , but it made a tremendous difference . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 29 | The above may be so , but it took a long while for anything significant to happen to the share price . |
| 30 | 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 . |