Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of New Towns has a long pedigree , but it received its twentieth-century fillip through the garden city movement ( Osborn and Whittick , 1963 ) . |
| 2 | But it had its positive aspects . |
| 3 | And as I said , it , it was er , it , it , it , it was , it was denigrated but it had its own strengths , and the Margaret case er , is , is one of them . |
| 4 | This was n't the Dorchester or the Ritz , but it had their ineffable air of serene affluence . |
| 5 | The charge has not even been proved but it left him 12 per cent behind Paul Tsongas in the New Hampshire primary . |
| 6 | It was , she felt sure , a ploy on Dawn 's part , but it left her indifferent . |
| 7 | ft was said as a joke , and Dana and I laughed , but it left me frightened . |
| 8 | I ran for my life , but it followed me all the way home . ’ |
| 9 | ABSEILING 130ft from maltings at Bury St Edmunds is not everyone 's ideal Saturday afternoon pastime but it suited our daring duo from the maltings , and from Export . |
| 10 | But it made her doubtful again . |
| 11 | But it made her miserable that they were not open with one another . |
| 12 | But it made me sick and dizzy , so I did n't take it . |
| 13 | It probably slowed down the whole process a bit , but it made it all much safer . ’ |
| 14 | But it made it habitable , for which she was grateful . |
| 15 | He and his wife tried and tried to have another one and they did , but it took them all those years . |
| 16 | They ran , but it took them six . |
| 17 | Cayard was recalled instantly by the committee but it took them 40 seconds to hoist the French recall signal , by which time they were well up the track . |
| 18 | He eventually gave this one up and left them both threatening the car park attendant , but it took him half an hour to cross the street and ring the bell at No. 3 . |
| 19 | But it took her such a long while before she would sit in one of these . |
| 20 | I remember THE FACE coming out very well — but it took me two years to make the cover . ’ |
| 21 | I remember me getting up about three o'clock in the morning I heard the wind and I got up to look at the stack yard and start to put er bits of pit props and that into the nets and and and the wind was getting that strong the pit props was going flying over me head and I gave it up and made for and it 's certainly not a very high door at Greenspot but or a very big door but it took me all my time to get the door closed . |
| 22 | We 're talking about half an ounce , which does n't exactly sound like a weight problem , but it took me another day or so to take it off her . |
| 23 | ‘ I first met Julie when I walked into her gallery but it took me three years to walk out with her as my wife , ’ he says . |
| 24 | I did n't know what had been the last meal eaten before leaving South America but it took me twenty minutes to coathanger my way through it , and consequently I had missed breakfast . |
| 25 | But it took her some moments to understand exactly what he was saying , her senses reeling at the warmth of the hard naked chest pressed so closely to her soft breasts , her nostrils savouring the erotic , musky scent of his skin . |
| 26 | These have now been cleaned up , but it took us some time to cope with this disgraceful state of affairs … the condition of these children , and the behaviour of many of the mothers , has completely dissipated the goodwill and welcome accorded to them by the Welsh people , whose hospitality is proverbial . |
| 27 | He had no short-term memory , which made for some strange dishes but it kept her safe from him . |
| 28 | The buttons had been ripped off and the pockets torn open , but it kept me warm . |
| 29 | It was only a slap really but it sent 'im sprawlin' . ’ |
| 30 | But it hit me one day , he did n't care or he would have made that effort to come and see me and he did n't . |