Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it emphasised the point that the capacity to signal and the capacity to learn combine to make animal communication increasingly rich and complicated . |
| 2 | I looked nervously at her face , but it wore a smile , a reminiscent smile that I had n't seen before . |
| 3 | Such a figure may seem insignificant but it represented a strength of purpose and feeling which made the small groups men and women of courage . |
| 4 | It did not have for him the magnetic feel of the two letters which were folded into his pocket , but it represented the tease of curiosity . |
| 5 | The collapse was not directly linked to the motor car side , but it threatened the cars ' future . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | There were a few diplomatic handshakes as the players left the field at the end , but it seemed a relief that an extra week lay between this Test match and the next , and it could only be hoped that work would continue behind the scenes to impress upon these cricketers , especially the more excitable ones , that the game does not deserve to be abused . |
| 8 | After that came my Marx and Schweitzer phase but I started getting greedy and wanting them all rolled into one and then somebody told me that we 've got to learn to love ourselves , so I tried that but it seemed a bit selfish . |
| 9 | yes but it seemed a bit far fetched , if they said that |
| 10 | Well course she can but it seemed a bit strange that he said that this morning . |
| 11 | It did n't make us rich , and it was hard work , but it seemed a kind of — good , worthwhile occupation — growing things … ’ |
| 12 | The exclusion only lasted a few minutes , but it seemed a lifetime to her . |
| 13 | But it seemed a shame not to send them to people who need shoes . |
| 14 | But it seemed the educators in question had simply failed to understand the structural rules of nonstandard grammars , and as linguists success-fully argued , their claims were meaningless . |
| 15 | She had expected to return home with full payment for the shoes she 'd made , but it seemed the theatre people were not too quick in settling bills , a practice they shared with the gentry . |
| 16 | Riven received many odd looks , and was the subject of much behind-hand whispering , but it seemed the result of awe more than anything else . |
| 17 | But it seemed the doctor could persuade Sarah to do anything , for it did n't take much argument to convince her that it was wrong to be ungracious . |
| 18 | He could n't have been unconscious for long , looking back , but it seemed an eternity at the time . |
| 19 | ‘ It was all over in 45 minutes but it seemed an eternity , ’ said Colin . |
| 20 | I suppose they 'd all gone in half a minute but it seemed an eternity of fascination and fear to a cringing youth . |
| 21 | But it met a lump of grief and anger at the back of her throat and came out more like a sob . |
| 22 | Some people complained that the realistic sobbing of the Beast , slumped on the ground at the ballet 's opening and again when Beauty hurls the rose back at him , was out of place in a ballet , but it conveyed the point without needing any artificial mime — something he always tried to get away from , wanting anyone to be able to understand his work without needing to learn the conventions first . |
| 23 | The Kingman model of language was greeted with anger by some teachers who looked back nostalgically to the 1960s , but it paved the way for a more judicious approach to the teaching of English . |
| 24 | There was only one big road to cross , but it had a zebra crossing and she had been road-safe at Phoebe 's insistence for years . |
| 25 | Nobody took any notice of a dead dog , but it had a timing device that blew a charge against the gate . |
| 26 | So far as he was concerned , a great danger had been averted , and the matter was now closed , but it had a sequel which we may now follow . |
| 27 | But it had a hole in it and he was recognised by the staff . |
| 28 | But it had a promenade deck , like the Hindenburg , and carried its passengers in considerable luxury even allowing for the natural exaggeration of the Imperial Airways Gazette : ‘ passengers making air journeys in the new Empire type flying boats of Imperial Airways not only express their admiration for the speed and quietness in flight of these air liners , and for the spaciousness of their saloons , but they also pay warm tributes to the efficiency of their catering arrangement ’ . |
| 29 | Rose Cottage did not have a garage , but it had a parking space formed by sacrificing most of the front garden . |
| 30 | The defendant in the Protector Alarms case was a Scottish company but it had a place of business in England at which service could be effected . |