Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In retrospect it was courageous legislation but it had curiously little bite . |
| 2 | Expenditure in the various colleges varied tremendously : in Nottingham Institute ( admittedly non-residential ) it was £30 on each of its 60 students ; Western College in Plymouth spent £136 but it had only fourteen students . |
| 3 | ( The very lowest PTR of any English LEA was in the Isles of Scilly , but it had under 300 pupils in total ) ( CIPFA , 1989 ) . |
| 4 | Freedom from the restraining hand of a squire or a parson no doubt encouraged enterprise but it meant that much activity went unrecorded . |
| 5 | It looks rather splendid , but it attracted so much attention that after two days she took it all out . |
| 6 | The cobbled lane boasted a pub , the Bargee , which the rivermen used , but it saw very few customers once the wharf gates clanged shut . |
| 7 | This description was entirely correct , but it took nearly 50 years to work out exactly how the different parts fitted together . |
| 8 | It was 2,926 yards long and 14 feet wide , but it took only 3 years to complete because of more advanced engineering methods . |
| 9 | But it ate so much procession power that most PCs could n't drive it fast enough , so hardly anyone bought it . |
| 10 | A Congress of People 's Deputies was elected from the whole country , but it contained too many deputies to be an effective parliamentary assembly . |
| 11 | But it put too much pressure on the relationship , and when it finished I realised that he 'd resented what I had done . |
| 12 | She reported that she was sure she would be able to prove something , but it needed just one operation , with more money . |
| 13 | But it started again this evening . |