Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dreamily he tried to concentrate on it , to classify it , but it defied his effort . |
| 2 | Calcium supplementation did not influence the solubility of bile acids in the ileu , but it reduced their solubility to about 20% in the colon and faeces . |
| 3 | ‘ They were old and shredded but it crossed my mind to get out the glue stick . ’ |
| 4 | Not only did the WEA have providing rights and responsibilities in negotiations with the Board of Education and LEAs but it enhanced its position and status in seeking funds from philanthropic bodies to support pioneering , experimental schemes for the provision of adult education , particularly in rural areas . |
| 5 | It 's one job we wish we 'd contracted out , but it improved our fitness remarkably ! |
| 6 | Rachel had caught my eye but it seemed her interest was in my master rather than me . |
| 7 | I went to bed very depressed , but it seemed my subconscious had other ideas , because I woke with the remembrance of the Humanists . |
| 8 | This was not common practice but it reached its apotheosis in the 1945 general election when the Observer completely detached itself from the political parties and carried articles by representatives of each of the main parties . |
| 9 | Dimensions meant nothing in the Darkness , but it stretched its tail across the shadows , and thrust its snout towards the light . |
| 10 | Quedlinburg is now an unimportant town in the formerly East German Land of Sachsen-Anhalt , but it had its decades of glory in the early Middle Ages when it was closely connected with the German imperial court . |
| 11 | But it had its problems , even so . |
| 12 | Archaic , of course , but it had its points . |
| 13 | I do n't think it was theirs , but it served its purpose . ’ |
| 14 | But it served its purpose . |
| 15 | I was only a boy of ten at the time , but it left its mark on me too . |
| 16 | Only a foolish customer would join the bank purely because of the ethical stance , but it attracted their attention , Mr Thomas claimed . |
| 17 | But it rejected her claim that he told her to come to work in suspenders . |
| 18 | What was funny it made a loud noise but it hurt my ankle as well . |
| 19 | Well erm the best bit , I like harvesting , I do n't like the digging is alright but it hurt your back so |
| 20 | She was very doubtful whether this arrangement would continue , but it suited her purpose to conceal the row that had just occurred . |
| 21 | In the seventeenth century Louis XIV had a sculpture park at Versailles , but it surrounded his palace , and was more formally designed by Le Nôtre , who needed sculptures for the focal points of his avenues . |
| 22 | She thought what an undecided old fool Phoebe was , but it made her outburst at the Frolic all the more courageous . |
| 23 | It was not an original word , but it made his point as far as Alfred was concerned . |
| 24 | But it took us weeks and weeks to find it . " |
| 25 | The journal apparently never made money for Crookes after all , but it kept his name before the public ; and being an editor does give some power , patronage and influence . |
| 26 | I could hardly walk but it kept my feet dry . |
| 27 | Singing along to them in the middle of the jungle did seem a little odd , but it kept our minds off things , even if it invited torrents of abuse . |
| 28 | If I had put a tea cosy on my head I would have been a dead ringer for Mrs Pankhurst , but it affected my behaviour even more than my looks . |
| 29 | In France , a conspiracy of Calvinists and ‘ political ’ Huguenots against the Guises , which ended with the ‘ Tumult of Amboise ’ in mid March with its hideous reprisals , left the Guises victorious , but it deflected their attention away from Scotland at a critical moment . |
| 30 | But it warned its priority was the long-term future of the business and compulsory redundancies had not been ruled out . |