Example sentences of "but it [adv] [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it utterly prevented permanent victory . |
| 2 | It called for strong winds in order to execute the full range of manoeuvres ; but it also had sufficient lifting power for Don to go on television and demonstrate its use as a crop sprayer , photo-ship or bird scarer ! |
| 3 | Nominally , it opposed the colour bar , but it also opposed any action against it as well as the formation of African trade unions . |
| 4 | But it also provided crucial evidence on the trade in birds , which is uncovered by Central TV 's Cook Report tonight . |
| 5 | But it firmly rejected any idea of reforming the system , saying : ‘ We are against suggestions and demonstrations which aim to lead people astray and change the constitutional basis of our state . ’ |
| 6 | No one knows who first made the quip but it soon had universal currency . |
| 7 | Milton and Pooley had had this ritual described fully to them , graphically and with actions , but it still held great fascination . |
| 8 | But it certainly seemed that way . |
| 9 | But it certainly saw some action Last occupied in 1315 it was the ancestral home of the Fitzhughs but passed by marriage out of the family when the last of the male line died in a hunting accident while pursuing his quarry clean over a cliff , if local legend is correct . |
| 10 | The Borneo trip might have been designed to match Clare 's wildest dreams , but it undoubtedly involved real risk . |
| 11 | They sent up a thick screen of flak between the Goshawk planes and the second balloon , damning anyone who tried to break through The usual haphazard spray of machine-gun fire sprinkled the air , inaccurate and half-spent at that height , but it only needed one bulletin the head to destroy a whole aircraft . |
| 12 | He thought he 'd once heard someone saying that about her , but it now seemed that reason was n't the right one : the beach was hardly the place to catch a glimpse of Dr Greenslade , with his black bag and his stethoscope , which he sometimes wore round his neck on the street . |
| 13 | I can see that people must have thought we were being very mysterious then , that we were a bit of a mystery , that The Bar was a very strange place ; but it never seemed that way to us . |