Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It growled like a wild animal , but it wore clothes , and had long , thick , dark hair . |
| 2 | ‘ British colonialism was no good , but it taught people to read . |
| 3 | Italian colonialism was no good , but it taught people to work . |
| 4 | But it seemed Lucie had lost a lot of weight since the last time they had played it . |
| 5 | But it seemed Mrs Eckley had no intention of allowing her to take her leave yet . |
| 6 | But it seemed Fen was not to be put off . |
| 7 | She picked the papers up hurriedly and put them back before anyone should see , but it seemed Mr Bradford , who was a powerful man at the Doctors ' Commons , had complained that they were out of order . |
| 8 | But it seemed Ace had n't finished with her yet , and soon she was incapable of any thought at all , rational or otherwise , as he took her once more to the edge of paradise . |
| 9 | But it said gift aid and income tax relief would raise income by £30 million . |
| 10 | But It had problems over the issue too . |
| 11 | It might seem an extra-parliamentary oddity in English political life , but it had money and a good many supporters . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's basking in all the glory , ’ said one man , ‘ but it had bugger all to do with her . |
| 13 | Marsilid was tried as a treatment for depressed patients , and , given over a period of weeks rather than days , but it had disadvantages as well as advantages . |
| 14 | It was n't a Kentucky Fried , more a Bayswater Sauté , but it had seats and the two black guys on duty in the bright red uniforms were so bored they took no notice of me . |
| 15 | It was never quite so successful an undertaking as the Bois de Boulogne , because the army insisted on retaining part of the area as a training ground and artillery range , but it had lakes , waterfalls , grottoes and cafés in the same way as its more chic counterpart . |
| 16 | Again , it avoided the words black and white but it classified people as patrials and non-patrials ; in general terms , patrials , who can come and go as they wish , are almost always white ; non-patrials are almost never white . |
| 17 | The voice was silk , but it chilled Harry 's blood none the less . |
| 18 | but it meant people could go up to the box office and take a tape recorder and sit and listen to them |
| 19 | Decay had a certain undeniable pathos and character , but it meant death — death to the heart , death to the mind , death to the spirit . |
| 20 | Breastfeeding does perky things to some women 's statistics , but it left mine looking like two well-past-their-sell-by-date helium balloons . |
| 21 | ‘ It was just about the only song I knew the words to and was an impromptu thing , but it got things started . |
| 22 | When Merrill did n't speak he said shortly , ‘ Of course , far be it from me to pry into a client 's financial arrangements , but it struck Bob as rather strange . |
| 23 | Mitchell Thomas tried to hook the ball clear , but it struck Miklosko on the shoulder and flew into the net . |
| 24 | Harriet 's voice was still casual but it struck Meredith its carelessness was now a little forced . |
| 25 | It took only a micro-second , but it told Jezrael to prepare for some movement from Kandinskaya 's left hand . |
| 26 | It did n't show off his teeth , but it told Duroc a lot more about the Op 's character . |
| 27 | But it told research ministers ( who were still meeting as New Scientist went to press on Tuesday ) that ‘ it is essential to take an immediate final decision on the future of the programme . ’ |
| 28 | In June a government bill to privatize 30 per cent of Romania 's state-owned companies ran into opposition both within Parliament and from independent trade unions , but it became law on Aug. 14 [ see p. 38400 ] . |
| 29 | It was a big horse for a child , but it suited Ilse 's slim , girlish body admirably . |
| 30 | But it suited Moore perfectly . |