Example sentences of "but [conj] it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was quite prepared to argue the case that savage practices might be integral to a culture : ‘ We may not like the notion of cannibalism or head-hunting , but that it formed part of a distinct and tenable form of culture in Melanesia is indisputable . ’ |
| 2 | But although it brought victory to the Black Prince , the battle of Nájera was to be the cause of the renewal of the war which had been halted in 1360 . |
| 3 | but if it knitted sort of like it did not before |
| 4 | Franco reacted in this way not because Yagüe 's attitude posed any real threat to his position , but because it represented indiscipline . |
| 5 | It led to impossibly puritan attitudes , a crusade against the enjoyments of the artisan , onslaughts on the bullfight , not because it was cruel , but because it wasted working time ; it supported an attack on charity as an anti-social habit , which merged with the bleak belief of later liberals in the virtues of competition . |
| 6 | John and Keith were not lovers long , but while it lasted John was besotted . |
| 7 | After the changeover he soon and predictably became critical of Chamberlain , but before it took place he seemed wholly unattracted by the game of balancing one possible successor against another . |
| 8 | It took a moment for the truth to sink in , but when it did Herr Nordern jumped . |
| 9 | Sounds as if the guy is suffering from Hemingway Syndrome : ‘ computers may see their silicon lives flash before their eyes , so to speak , just before they die , ’ Prodigy Services Co suggests , reporting that physicist Stephen Thaler of McDonnell Douglas Corp has been playing with neural networks as a way to speed diamond crystal growth but while by day , he created and trained the neural nets , by night , he began annihilating them to see what would happen , randomly severing links , and when between 10% and 60% of the links were destroyed , the network regurgitated nonsense , but as it approached death , 90% of the connections severed , it generated distinct values that had been trained into it , and at times even output ‘ whimsical ’ states , where it would generate values that were neither trained nor ones that would appear in a healthy net , says Thaler , who thinks it may say something about near-death experiences for humans — ‘ It may not just be fancy biochemistry , ’ he suggests . |
| 10 | He said that ‘ Every player has their price , if the offer were 2M Id have rejected it , but as it nudged 3M I felt it was a good deal for Leeds ’ . |
| 11 | He said that ‘ Every player has their price , if the offer were 2M Id have rejected it , but as it nudged 3M I felt it was a good deal for Leeds ’ . |