Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more of these properties a dummy possessed the more strongly it was mobbed , but it seemed to make little difference whether the object was a stuffed owl with real plumage or an owl-shaped piece of painted wood . |
| 2 | It had taken them only a short time to realise they were from opposite sides in the Therapeutic Wars , but it had caused little friction . |
| 3 | Memento Mori was in no sense new in the teaching of the churches , but it had acquired fresh importance in the light of the conversion experience , which was a central feature of the religious revival . |
| 4 | Immigration to Britain , a country of net emigration ( which means that more people emigrate from it than immigrate to it ) did not in itself throw up social problems but it served to highlight social deprivation . |
| 5 | But it did serve another purpose . |
| 6 | But it did give considerable encouragement to the growth of services , particularly community services , and to the improvement of public understanding of the problems of mental disorder , and it was , accordingly , widely welcomed . |
| 7 | In addition , whether or not one had attended a catholic school may have had little effect on sexual values or mass attendance but it did increase catholic activism and racial tolerance ( Greeley , McCready , and McCourt 1976 ) . |
| 8 | But it did need permanent supervision of weapons , gunpowder , and equipment ; and this was provided by the emergence under Henry VIII of a centralized Ordnance Office . |
| 9 | But it did take some time . |
| 10 | But it did cultivate good will . " |