Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His voice was muffled by the pillow , but it sounded to Cassie as if he were close to tears . |
| 2 | But it seemed to Paige now that he was doing all the giving and she was taking without returning anything . |
| 3 | It had been given to her in case an emergency arose , but it seemed to Mrs Blakey that the atmosphere which had developed in the house could n't be called an emergency . |
| 4 | Until now she had never thought about Annie being interested in men , she was so reserved and proper , but it seemed to Carrie that Billy might have kindled a spark in the young woman . |
| 5 | Like so many of the visitors , though he was dressed in the bright overalls of the Men he stared for long periods into the Cages , but it seemed to Creggan that his staring was different from the others and less cruel . |
| 6 | But it seemed to Thomas that she was too doughty for him , somehow , and the hat finished it . |
| 7 | but it seemed like hours . |
| 8 | The ambulance only took a few minutes , but it seemed like hours . |
| 9 | It was only a few months ago , but it seemed like years , since the young girl , who kept herself to herself , and thought she knew what she wanted from life , unpacked them with secret glee . |
| 10 | We were in there for eight or nine hours but it seemed like days . |
| 11 | It showed no appreciable difference between young and old women but it declined with age in men . |
| 12 | He put the Old Rectory at Stoney Stanton , Blaby , Leicestershire , on the market for £325,000 in 1990 but it sold for £239,000 — a 25 per cent drop . |
| 13 | There was an intake of breath from Theda , and the lawyer glanced round at her , but it passed by Araminta . |
| 14 | Pearce look for Phillips on the right Lewis got there first but it dropped to Stone . |
| 15 | but it tipped with rain , oh well happy gardening , bye , oh no you do n't oh dear what she doing to you eh ? |
| 16 | October , but it resulted in Czechoslovakia becoming a broken nation . |
| 17 | The crowd was still thickening , filling back down the high street , but it looked like time to start . |
| 18 | But it ran into criticism from Robin Gilbert at brokers Panmure Gordon . |
| 19 | But it brought to mind Mrs Thatcher 's description of ex-Chancellor Nigel Lawson as ‘ unassailable ’ — shortly before he quit in protest at her opposition to Europe 's Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 20 | The concern for independence shown by the court in this case is an interesting development , but it arose in circumstances where the court has a discretion to exercise statutory powers . |
| 21 | Surprisingly , it did not feel too cold and Endill stood for a moment trying to see the end of it but it disappeared into darkness . |
| 22 | Claire Samways blasted the ball off Alison Vance , the Portadown keeper , but it fell to Jeanette Turner loitering at the post and she spun on the ball firing it in from an acute angle . |
| 23 | M. B. ‘ Suss ’ power was used quite a lot — but it fell into disfavour later on . |
| 24 | But it fell into disrepair earlier this century when the water dried up . |
| 25 | It is possible to identify something of a backlash against Edward 's policies , but it occurred in October , rather than May , 1483 and was subsumed in the rebellion against Richard III . |
| 26 | It is possible to identify something of a backlash against Edward 's policies , but it occurred in October , rather than May , 1483 and was subsumed in the rebellion against Richard III . |
| 27 | And it only stopped once and that were at er unless it stopped to change engines somewhere , perhaps it would , but it stopped in Birmingham for twenty minutes and what a twenty minutes it were . |
| 28 | They pushed the body off the cliff , but it caught in bushes . |
| 29 | I did n't listen in detail to it all , but it revolved round Pierre and Donna , and Raoul the racehorse trainer who wanted to marry her money . |
| 30 | Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice |