Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it died within two weeks . ’ |
| 2 | I think I read for two hours , but it seemed like ten minutes . |
| 3 | The system for investing students as or granting was thoroughly reformed and reorganized in the mid-sixteenth century , as mentioned below , but it existed in some form , difficult to define precisely , from well before that time . |
| 4 | He was in an iron bed which resembled that on which he slept in ffeatherstonehaugh 's , but it had on one side a sad leatherette-and-wooden armchair and on the other a small white cabinet . |
| 5 | For ex for instance , they er , often confided in one another , usually when they to see what they actually er share each other 's deepest thoughts , and this continued throughout later life , it could be argued bu but it continued throughout later life and what they , they often communicated by er , by letter . |
| 6 | The statement was extremely thin , but it touched on one matter of importance — the fact that some employers spend money on training but others do not : they poach . |
| 7 | He hardly moved it in my chest but it felt like liquid fire . |
| 8 | But it looked at one stage as if they might lose their first choice and have to stay in Reigate for another summer when negotiations for the purchase coincided with their long-planned holiday of a lifetime — watching last month 's world cup cricket in Australia . |
| 9 | But it ran with each school area , you know , Berry , Grimness , Marketthorpe and so on , and now of course the total areas as one but I think perhaps it would be permissible to somebody with local parentage maybe not resident in the area . |
| 10 | But it ran into early criticism from disabled shoppers who claim it discriminates against them , and from traders who fear it will hit business . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Not only was it situated centrally , but it hosted at that time an international exhibition which was considered an attraction for delegates . |
| 13 | Of course , that Bill is now confetti , but it focused on local authorities , the Post Office and British Rail . |
| 14 | The ‘ Community method ’ therefore was pragmatic , but it aimed at great things . |
| 15 | Taliesin had not thought it would be possible for the darkness surrounding the House to deepen , but it deepened in those minutes after Fael-Inis made his pronouncement . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It 's come in in different ways , maths , English and science from Spring Gardens is separate separate sheets which we can actually take out the files and give to each department , there 's no problem there Saint John 's again , is separate sheets , Collingwood is n't , it 's actually on photocopiable sheets , we either cut them up and give them out separately in some form or whatever , and what I 've , what we hope to do over the next maybe this year is to ask them for a sheet each , for each subject that we can actually take out of the file and give to each department , so that is has arrived , it ha did arrive last year but it arrived in such hotch botch that we did n't actually give it out , but we certainly have it this year and Marian and I certainly , Marian anyway will get that together and give it out to departments . |