Example sentences of "but [conj] it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that it took another oh quite a number of years really to get it started up . |
| 2 | He knew that the universe was complex but that it obeyed certain rules , although , she supposed , he would n't have used the word ‘ obey ’ with its implication of conscious choice . |
| 3 | He found first that ROI was remarkably stable over time at the company level , but that it showed considerable variation over time for individual businesses ( i.e. the SBUs ) . |
| 4 | But once it became clear that most Algerians supported Iraq , the FIS quickly did the same . |
| 5 | By 1911 , when Italy 's newly launched first Dreadnought battleship was significantly named the Dante Alighieri , it claimed 50,000 members ; but although it enjoyed considerable official support it had little influence on government policy . |
| 6 | But although it felt numb , the leg was still bearing his weight , so he hobbled quickly over to the door leading to the basement , jerked it open and dived through . |
| 7 | But if it came unopened , unsealed , he would return the reply unsealed . |
| 8 | But if it had better-information about what was likely to happen in the economy than the private sector , the government could take such measures . |
| 9 | But if it meant this I ought to know it . |
| 10 | Wheat was favoured , not merely because of its immediate importance as a basic food , but because it demanded least capital and least care , even where it meant wretched cultivations : only one-tenth of the cereal secano was farmed in regular rotations of wheat and legumes ; a quarter was cultivated only once every six or ten years . |
| 11 | But while it proposed interim restrictions on the consumption of HCFCs — used for making foam insulation — it stepped back from proposing to outlaw their production in the EC , from where they could still be exported to developing countries as a substitute to the much more harmful CFCs ( chlorofluorocarbons ) in refrigerators and air conditioners . |
| 12 | He knew how to get a product that was decent and rather unexciting on to the shop floor , but when it became necessary to add more to that product and to innovate in design terms , he did n't know how to go about it . |
| 13 | General practitioners were enticed to join the fundholding scheme by the promise of new freedoms in their gatekeeping role , but when it became apparent that their potential to destabilise the system threatened other aspects of the reforms regional health authorities were told to ‘ manage the market ’ to ensure that the stability of hospitals was not threatened . |
| 14 | But when it became clear that the disagreement was becoming a hot issue , they gave way … only to find they 'd misinterpreted the producer 's fractured English . |
| 15 | I was not in the least keen , but when it became clear to me that my intervention would be frowned upon only slightly by my television clients , added to the fact that I had established good relations with George Elvin , the ACTT 's general secretary , it seemed to me that there might be some sense in intervening . |
| 16 | Hanne and Jens always hoped that Svend would join them on their farm , but when it became clear that his interests lay in constructional engineering they gladly supported him , despite their disappointment and the sacrifices they had to make . ’ |
| 17 | Staff at Middlesbrough General Hospital at first tried to induce labour on January 31 but when it became clear Mrs Busuttil , now of West Drayton , London , was not in labour they discontinued their efforts . |
| 18 | The wheelbarrow had been stuck , almost to the axle , but when it came free I toppled with it . |
| 19 | But when it got dark , I had to go to bed because I had no light . |
| 20 | He dispatched a police patrol car , but when it arrived 16 minutes later the telephone was swinging on the end of its cord . |
| 21 | He considered leaving the rucksack on the train , but as it contained several of his favourite Fair Isle jumpers , and this was bonny Scotland after all , he thought better of it and shouldered the thing . |
| 22 | For the next hour or two , Mr Handford tried to rectify the fault in the chilly darkness , but as it proved impossible , he decided to wait until daylight and to get some sleep meanwhile . |