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

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1 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 .
2 A ridiculous word in itself , but it had a certain swing about it .
3 But it had a dramatic effect on the entertainment giant 's stock .
4 But it had a profound effect on the child care service of the time .
5 But it had a queer feeling — you 'll see for yourselves when we get there .
6 ‘ Ah , ’ was all that Maidstone said to this but it had a knowing sound to it .
7 But it had a special place in many north Londoners ' hearts .
8 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 .
9 But it had a tragic consequence .
10 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 .
11 This made the task of the prosecutor somewhat easier , but it had the paradoxical effect that a person who distributed such material with a mischievous intention could argue that the recipients of his material were unlikely to be influenced by it , and he was therefore not guilty if his audience were already corrupt , or were members of an anti-racist organisation , or if the publication or spoken words were so contrary to human decency that they would be likely to provoke sympathy for the intended victim rather than hatred of him .
12 But it had the desired effect of snapping them out of their indecision and galvanising them into action .
13 He wanted to cheer Constance up but it had the opposite effect .
14 Derek Cook went close with a looping shot on 70 minutes , then blasted over from eight yards a minute later ; those misses might have demoralised Coleraine but it had the opposite effect .
15 It was a very sound brick structure and had been built about 1868 but it had the notorious reputation of being called ‘ Lover 's Leap ’ , no doubt due to the fact that several suicide attempts had been made from its high parapet , most of them fatal .
16 When fasting , for example , was first used by Gandhi as a form of satyāgraha in a dispute between textile mill-owners and labourers in Ahmedabad the intention was to rally the flagging spirit and resolve of the workers , but it had the added effect of forcing the mill owners into negotiation .
17 It felt like a command , as did so many of Elinor 's remarks — but it had the menacing power of a scientific law .
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