Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It growled like a wild animal , but it wore clothes , and had long , thick , dark hair . |
| 2 | But It had problems over the issue too . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ It was just about the only song I knew the words to and was an impromptu thing , but it got things started . |
| 7 | But it made things difficult for me , at times . |
| 8 | Eventually , I managed to coax a strained fart from the horn , but it took hours of practice . |
| 9 | Brave Gail Devers was suffering from Graves Disease but it took doctors two years to diagnose the crippling thyroid illness . |
| 10 | Simple laboratory tests were able to show the acutely toxic effects of large doses of organochlorines , but it took years for high concentrations to accumulate in belugas that had consumed large quantities of lightly-contaminated food . |
| 11 | But it took pains not to criticise Whitehall . |
| 12 | But it put premiums up by a third — and that cut losses from £88 million to £39 million in the six months to June . |
| 13 | IT was only a kiss , but it spoke volumes . |