Example sentences of "but [vb past] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think she was crying , but adjudged it vulgar to peer . |
| 2 | She is ranked sufficiently highly to have gone straight into the main draw , but made it clear that the Games were inconvenient for her schedule this years , as she had a lot of points to defend in tournaments . |
| 3 | The Native people acknowledged the apology , but made it clear that cultural oppression still prevails in many parts of North America . |
| 4 | He decided in favour of Balliol , but made it clear that this was only the appointment of a figurehead : he himself was the true monarch . |
| 5 | Than Tun continued to call for a national government but made it clear that armed struggle was , for the present , not envisaged . |
| 6 | India , which had removed the final contingent of Indian Peace-Keeping Force ( IPKF ) troops from Sri Lanka in March 1990 [ see p. 37316 ] , expressed concern for the plight of Tamil civilians but made it clear that it would not permit its territory to be used to support militant activity . |
| 7 | The President approved this measure , but made it clear that he would not sign further legislation to keep government going unless a satisfactory agreement was reached on the budget . |
| 8 | In London , UK ministers called for those responsible for the November killings to be brought to justice but made it clear to Alatas that the UK , the second-largest arms supplier to Indonesia after the USA , would not cut off aid or arms sales . |
| 9 | Reynolds held talks with leading politicians on Feb. 19 , in an attempt to find cross-party agreement on the case , but made it clear that a referendum to dilute the constitutional clause on abortion would be avoided if possible . |
| 10 | Dos Santos welcomed the move , but made it clear on Dec. 27 that before he met Savimbi UNITA would have to accept the September election results , withdraw from all areas occupied following the elections , and enable government administration to be extended throughout Angola . |
| 11 | Chief Superintendent Large had been polite but made it clear that this was a matter for professionals and he had everything sewn up . |
| 12 | He did n't ask her to go to the village surgery , but made it clear that she was n't to stray too far from the complex when he was n't there . |
| 13 | Mr Cameron said the Home Secretary appeared ‘ mystified ’ about the pay formula but made it clear that 1.5 per cent was the maximum rise available . |
| 14 | Within a year he had given detailed and authoritative evidence to the House of Commons and been instrumental in the passage of two bills which abolished gaolers ' fees and enabled counties to pay for a proper service ; which allowed discharged defendants to be set at liberty in open court ; and which not only improved sanitation and health arrangements but made it obligatory for justices to have a concern for the health of prisoners . |
| 15 | Pursued there and besieged , they fled by night to raise a loyal army , but found it pitiful in numbers . |
| 16 | From a theoretical standpoint , Minden and Casperson { 30 } have been able to model the xenon-laser data very well , but found it necessary to include such effects as velocity-changing collisions , and population transfer from upper to lower laser level by spontaneous emission , as well as standing-wave effects . |
| 17 | Matt would sometimes try to develop this image but found it impossible . |
| 18 | Rather atypically , Bookland in the northwest conceded that ‘ discount competition will have affected our sales somewhat ’ , but found it impossible to quantify the effect . |
| 19 | She tried to avoid his gaze but found it impossible . |
| 20 | I took a bus there , but found it hard to tell what the place might have been like . |
| 21 | Sometimes she went with him , but found it hard to keep up . |
| 22 | I worked on and off on Tremayne 's book for the rest of the morning but found it hard to concentrate . |
| 23 | Stephen tried to shake his head , but found it hard to do so . |
| 24 | Ruth knew it but found it hard to face at times . |
| 25 | Sandison tried to catch a glimpse of her feet but found it difficult . |
| 26 | Daisy had brought her sketch pad , but found it difficult to capture the action and hold on to a straining Ethel . |
| 27 | American elite theorists especially proclaimed their commitment to a positivist method , but found it difficult to follow through with appropriate empirical accounts of the exercise of power ( Lasswell , 1936 ; Lasswell and Kaplan , 1950 ; Hunter , 1953 ; Mills , 1956 ; Domhoff , 1976 ) . |
| 28 | He meant to look forbidding , but found it difficult when eyes that should be glaring were shut . |
| 29 | Most of them found additional useful material , but found it difficult to understand " their location in relation to the original search " ( Figure 5.7 ) . |
| 30 | He attempted to smile back at him , but found it difficult . |