Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | But it did feel peaceful , as though , even shielded against him , she could feel the aura of happiness that surrounded him … . |
2 | My hair is really short so I do n't actually have to style it but it did feel better and I would use this conditioner again . ’ |
3 | Levi 's statement to Philip Roth about If not now , when ? did not mention Babel , but it did mention another Isaac — the Yiddish writer , Bashevis Singer . |
4 | I never had a lot to do with the pig 's head , but it did make lovely potted meat . |
5 | But it did serve another purpose . |
6 | But it did give considerable encouragement to the growth of services , particularly community services , and to the improvement of public understanding of the problems of mental disorder , and it was , accordingly , widely welcomed . |
7 | In addition , whether or not one had attended a catholic school may have had little effect on sexual values or mass attendance but it did increase catholic activism and racial tolerance ( Greeley , McCready , and McCourt 1976 ) . |
8 | ‘ The notion of tragedy did n't enter my head , ’ she protested , ‘ but it did seem odd for her to break off in the middle of a phone call like that . ’ |
9 | It was difficult to tell at that point how many people in the department wanted to be included , but it did seem likely that some would . |
10 | But it did need permanent supervision of weapons , gunpowder , and equipment ; and this was provided by the emergence under Henry VIII of a centralized Ordnance Office . |
11 | Ascot 's Cesarewitch trial did n't provide many clues for Newmarket , but it did cause top jockeys Pat Eddery and Michael Roberts some anxious moments . |
12 | But it did take some time . |
13 | But it did cultivate good will . " |
14 | The revolution at Northampton may have been different but it did have uncanny echoes of what had gone on at Neath . |
15 | But it did sound good . |
16 | Moderator it ca n't be very often that a young minister contradicts a giant of the church in open assembly but it did happen several years ago . |