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

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1 The result edged Liverpool into ninth place , 11 points behind leaders Norwich , but it had great personal significance for Souness .
2 By 1880 this was more and more a matter of Great Russian chauvinism within the boundaries of the Russian Empire , and tsarist imperialism abroad , but it had great sentimental appeal among Slavs living under non-Slav rulers who were encouraged by it to look to this ‘ big brother ’ .
3 But it had great sentimental value . ’
4 It was never greatly used in food , even in mediaeval times , but it had considerable medicinal application , and still has , for certain ailments .
5 But it created a new kind of assignment , which was a legal assignment in the sense that the assignee might sue directly in his own name without making the assignor a party ; but it made certain special requirements :
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