Example sentences of "but [vb past] [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German Environment , Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Minister , Klaus Töpfer , initially expressed disappointment with the French action , but agreed to respect it after a meeting in Strasbourg on Aug. 31 with the French Environment Minister , Ségolène Royal , pending further talks later in the year . |
| 2 | Tokes suspended his hunger strike on Sept. 11 to avoid pre-electoral controversy , but threatened to resume it after the second round of presidential elections . |
| 3 | She winced at the faint trace of disgust in his voice , but managed to turn it into a careless shrug . |
| 4 | Julia felt worse and worse all the next day , but managed to hide it from the others . |
| 5 | And next door , the kitchen contained nothing superfluous but everything necessary to a woman who enjoyed food but preferred to cook it with a minimum of fuss . |
| 6 | He must have written it as soon as Barbara had telephoned the news and had sent it round by one of his nurses who , in a hurry to get home after night duty , had n't even stopped to hand it in but had slipped it through the letter box . |
| 7 | In the early church most of the theologians taught the efficacy of Christ 's sacrifice , but tended to see it within the context of his whole life , and also against the cosmic background of God 's war with the Devil . |