Example sentences of "but it [verb] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is very low , and would never be used in practice , but it allows an example to be shown in a compact diagram . |
| 2 | This meadowland or mead land was usually low-lying and damp for much of the year , but it produced an abundance of grass which was cut for hay . |
| 3 | He could n't have been unconscious for long , looking back , but it seemed an eternity at the time . |
| 4 | ‘ It was all over in 45 minutes but it seemed an eternity , ’ said Colin . |
| 5 | I suppose they 'd all gone in half a minute but it seemed an eternity of fascination and fear to a cringing youth . |
| 6 | We were playing a silly game , which had not a tragic outcome — it had , thanks to the mercy of providence , a fortunate outcome — but it had an outcome which is not one which ah statecraft should either aim at or be proud of having achieved . |
| 7 | As Ron Morris acknowledges , the basic premise behind the aims of Roseberry and SkillBuilding is hardly revolutionary , but it remains an idea rarely turned into the bricks and mortar of practical success . |
| 8 | But it remains an industry to work in , rather than invest in |
| 9 | That is expected , but it remains an argument of probability , and opportunities to check other items of knowledge are very few . |
| 10 | But it echoes an example given us by the Consumer Credit Association ( an amalgamation of the Retail Credit Federation and National Personal Finance Association , representing some 900 companies involved in personal loans and retail credit ) . |
| 11 | They do n't wish it to happen , but it becomes an impossibility almost for them to stand up to their rights , and Mr talks about rights and no rights is in abstract and we all know how difficult it is then to stand up as a minority when you 're surrounded by that majority , but I 've had personal representations |
| 12 | Its practical effect was not very great ; but it began an attack on what radicals later came to call the ‘ old corruption ’ , the network of sinecures and jobbery which still played a large role in British political life . |
| 13 | Steve Pate said of his round with Faldo in the Open at Muirfield : ‘ It was like playing on my own — but it took an hour longer . ’ |
| 14 | Zeng was deeply affected by being exposed to a wider range of photographic influences and styles during these years , but it took an exhibition of Cartier-Bresson 's work in Peking in 1987 to finally convince him that photographs could actually carry meaning and profundities just as a painting or a piece of music can . |
| 15 | The SEC in the US has not stopped corporate scandals , but it keeps an army of lawyers busy . |
| 16 | Maria laughed , a lovely liquid sound , but it required an effort of will to lift her hand and place it in his outstretched one , and resentment surged as his fingers closed round it briefly and were removed . |
| 17 | Not only does that provide a common bond among humanity to evolve spiritually , but it gives an insight into the nature of a God who often reveals Himself in paradox . |
| 18 | I realise what I am about to say is funny , but it gives an insight to Carl 's eccentricity . |
| 19 | More usefully , in the same set of jewellery is an Amulet of Thrice-Blessed Copper ; unfortunately , it does n't always detect poisons , but it has an 80% chance of doing so . |
| 20 | It was crude and probably impracticable , but it embodied an idea that has now come into its own in the age of the silicon chip . |
| 21 | Tim Rodber had a much better game that at Murrayfield and won his share of the ball at the tail of the line-outs , but it remained an area where Ireland did hold their own through the excellent play of Neil Francis and Brian Robinson . |
| 22 | In the event , the formula was never put to the test , but it provides an idea of the way the Palace would expect to pass the buck . |
| 23 | Obviously this is not true cannibalism as in the spadefoots , but it provides an example of how other frogs have found a parallel solution to the problem of rearing young when food is scarce . |