Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hardly moved it in my chest but it felt like liquid fire . |
| 2 | But it ran into early criticism from disabled shoppers who claim it discriminates against them , and from traders who fear it will hit business . |
| 3 | But it suffered from aggressive marketing by established players such as Cray Research Inc and Convex Computer Corp , and has now laid off ‘ a large percentage ’ of its workforce , and shut down sales , marketing , manufacturing and support operations . |
| 4 | Of course , that Bill is now confetti , but it focused on local authorities , the Post Office and British Rail . |
| 5 | The ‘ Community method ’ therefore was pragmatic , but it aimed at great things . |
| 6 | As yet working-class protest was on too small a scale and too sporadic to pose a major challenge , but it contributed to official anxiety . |
| 7 | Smetana 's Vltava was pleasant , beautifully in tune — parts of the piece are cruel to the wind players — but it trickled into glorious Prague like a kindly trout stream , instead of surging with splendour . |