Example sentences of "but it had [det] " in BNC.

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1 It was only a monosyllable , but it had all of ninety kilos behind it .
2 But it had all the signs of a sectarian killing .
3 Shady Marcus at last exposed the soap 's Mr Big but it had all the dramatic impact of one of those dated Ealing comedies where George Cole plays a gangster as threatening as a game show host .
4 But it had all it 's side
5 The DUP was formed with the intention of increasing the non-evangelical element in the movement , but it had little initial success in broadening the recruiting base .
6 All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably .
7 She screamed , but it had little effect , just added to the confusion that reigned in the room .
8 All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably .
9 The famous Marx Brothers ' contract scene in A Night at the Opera ( " The party of the first part shall be known in this contract as the party of the first part " ) exaggerated the worst excesses of legal drafting , but it had some basis in fact .
10 But it had another trick up its sleeves .
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