Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Faulty gas main , ’ I said , but it sounded weak . |
| 2 | What this meant was n't certain , but it sounded good at the time . |
| 3 | No one was quite sure what it meant but it sounded impressive . |
| 4 | Dave also played the old fashioned curved soprano sax , which looks almost like a toy instrument but it sounded clear and forceful in his hands . |
| 5 | But it produced critical evidence about how different designs of tax would hit marginal seats and heartland Tory ones . |
| 6 | They say that ‘ nothing happens to the bad ‘ uns ’ , but it seemed unbelievable that misfortune should strike Arthur yet again directly after his triumphs at the Horse of The Year Show . |
| 7 | Most of the dogs were put down when they slowed up , but it seemed indelicate to refer to it . |
| 8 | It meant however that we had little time to relate our studies at any deep level to Buddhism , but it seemed unanswerable that people must have a deep understanding of their own faith before they can go on to study that of other people . |
| 9 | She shied off , but it seemed unarguable that she was convinced the killing was political : she had hired Brian Berg to follow that line . |
| 10 | In all fields , there was still much that was unknown : in Herbert Spencer 's philosophy , and in Tyndall 's Belfast address , there was room for the unknowable ; but it seemed reasonable to hope that under pressure from inquiring minds this would shrink , if not ultimately wither away altogether . |
| 11 | Shelley was longing to ask him what his first name was , but it seemed impolite , so instead she said , ‘ Have you never in your long life met anyone rich you liked ? ’ |
| 12 | So I asked for help ; I did n't like doing it but it seemed necessary . |
| 13 | ‘ But it seemed inconceivable that it could have been an accident . ’ |
| 14 | Her mouth slowly stirred under his and Jessamy knew she was making a big , big mistake , but it seemed impossible to stop . |
| 15 | Tears stung her eyes as she heard his anger and she turned away , rubbing a hand over her eyes to wipe them away , but it seemed impossible to stop the flow now that it had begun . |
| 16 | We attempted to have the case tried in a Crown Court with a judge and jury but it seemed apparent to us , at our first appearance at the Magistrates Court , that every attempt was made , including the dropping of a crucial charge , to keep the case at that level . |
| 17 | But it seemed polite to visit the Freitas family , especially after Lina had come to Monte Samana on a fruitless errand . |
| 18 | She had no way of knowing where Luke was this morning , but it seemed logical to try the house first and then go on from there . |
| 19 | She was n't sure when she began to cry , but it seemed staunchless . |
| 20 | She went into the hall a little nervously , her eye on the chain which could be hooked across the door to guard against burglars , but it seemed silly to put it up . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've no idea , but it seemed sensible to keep an eye open for anyone in the grounds . ’ |
| 22 | Patrick turned to look at the street , wondering what had brought Collins here ; but it seemed just another poor tenement side street . |
| 23 | For once I drank no wine with my meal ; it would have helped considerably , if I had but known , but it seemed wrong that one should need artificial stimulus . |
| 24 | But it seemed likely that a scandal of some sort would eventually break . |
| 25 | He no longer had men like Harold Nicolson who had accompanied him to Rome , but it seemed likely that the new deputation to Germany might include William Joyce . |
| 26 | It was impossible , from this distance , to see what he was wearing on his feet , but it seemed likely that he was one short of a full complement of shoes , because in his right hand he was holding a large , brown , elastic-sided boot . |
| 27 | I do n't know why , but it seemed important to me to establish that we have n't any fuse-boxes ( and indeed we have n't ) , but she would n't allow this and was quite stern with me about it as if I were deliberately lying to her . |
| 28 | But it seemed important to her that I be there . ’ |
| 29 | I own this house , by the way , but it seemed wasteful not to have a tenant on the upper storey . |
| 30 | But it seemed even that could do little more than dull the edges of the pain , and , when she woke up one morning with a painful hangover and realised the ache in her heart was just as strong as it had ever been , she swore she 'd never again attempt to deal with her sorrows that way . |