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Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	That may not sound very imposing , but it represented a major advance .
2	In others a little more imagination was required : This may not sound much like science , but it represented a significant departure from the book learning of his day .
3	Thus , as prices rose , the effective rate of duty fell : the amount yielded was the same , but it represented a smaller proportion of the value of the goods .
4	I did try on a couple of occasions to wind the engine up past the 5000rpm mark , where the torque curve begins to fall away rapidly , but it produced no more performance than was available by driving the car sensibly for economy .
5	The pope was wrong ; the Curia was wrong ; Anselm 's judgement was right but had no authority ; the authority quoted by Ivo was certainly spurious , but it produced an acceptable result .
6	But it seemed a long time .
7	I designed the itinerary , of course , for high political resonance , but it seemed a good idea to take in beautiful towns and routes .
8	God knows why , because I was n't entertaining and I never went in pubs , but it seemed a good idea at the time .
9	How the British depended on tea — but it seemed a good idea .
10	The thought did come to his mind a week or so later that she might have been in love with him , but it seemed a ludicrous idea as well as self-congratulatory , and he put it by .
11	Video re-runs hinted that Dowie had impeded a defender thus giving Quinn the necessary space but it seemed a harsh decision .
12	I do n't live here , but it seemed the obvious thing to do . ’
13	Well , yes , of course it could , but it seemed an odd way of going about things .
14	Perhaps they had adjusted to the sanitised neutralism of a Stockholm commune , but it seemed an odd life for men who had chosen to become soldiers .
15	I thought she said , ‘ Sand under my plate ’ , but it seemed an unlikely remark , so I smiled , soothing her like a baby .
16	I wondered briefly whether my father had a tendency to marry women who would make their children unhappy , but it seemed an unfair reflection .
17	As with most research projects covering unfamiliar ground , it was not clear at the time how this would help the subsequent investigation , but it met the immediate need to record the results in a concise and tidy manner .
18	Not only was the BDDA among them , but it played a major part in the revival of the NID .
19	By the mid-1930s it was past its peak , but it played a prominent part in the agitation which led to the suspension of the National Government 's unemployment assistance board scheme early in 1935 .
20	Today very little military demi-caractère style exists in Western ballet except in such American works as Balanchine 's Stars and Stripes , but it played a large part during the nineteenth century .
21	Sheffield was the smaller town , but it had a bigger train station , more industrial soot , more prostitutes , and an all black movie house , the Carver , all in close proximity to one another .
22	A ridiculous word in itself , but it had a certain swing about it .
23	But it had a dramatic effect on the entertainment giant 's stock .
24	But it had a profound effect on the child care service of the time .
25	But it had a queer feeling — you 'll see for yourselves when we get there .
26	‘ Ah , ’ was all that Maidstone said to this but it had a knowing sound to it .
27	But it had a special place in many north Londoners ' hearts .
28	So there I am , during this rather romantic conversation , toying with the little hairs in it 's ears , not knowing whether I should try and get in through the snout or what — but it had a happy ending .
29	But it had a tragic consequence .
30	Jezrael could see that her personal data was offering the captain a wide range of possibilities but it had no personal significance for Chesarynth 's little sister .