Example sentences of "but [adv] it [vb past] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report of this inquiry found that some ill-treatment of patients had indeed taken place but also it found much to criticize in general : lax standards of nursing , inadequate medical care , poor conditions and bad management . |
| 2 | But now it seemed this Adam Burns was determined to dredge up her other life all over again . |
| 3 | But now it stretched all the way down her back and Claire was making it shine like black oil . |
| 4 | But there it encountered another ruined project , a work to be called The Drunks of which only a tiny fragment survives , and the marriage of these two constitutes the success of Crime and Punishment . |
| 5 | But otherwise it had all the ingredients of the detective novel , down to a theme , the passion for justice . |