Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it seemed Lucie had lost a lot of weight since the last time they had played it . |
| 2 | But it seemed Mrs Eckley had no intention of allowing her to take her leave yet . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The voice was silk , but it chilled Harry 's blood none the less . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Mitchell Thomas tried to hook the ball clear , but it struck Miklosko on the shoulder and flew into the net . |
| 8 | Harriet 's voice was still casual but it struck Meredith its carelessness was now a little forced . |
| 9 | It took only a micro-second , but it told Jezrael to prepare for some movement from Kandinskaya 's left hand . |
| 10 | It did n't show off his teeth , but it told Duroc a lot more about the Op 's character . |
| 11 | It was a big horse for a child , but it suited Ilse 's slim , girlish body admirably . |
| 12 | But it suited Moore perfectly . |
| 13 | Malcolm was still bouncing them merrily , but it took Gooch , with his third wicket , Mushtaq slogging , to persuade a declaration at 505 for 9 . |
| 14 | He never found the proximity of women offensive or objectionable , which was probably due to Pershti 's gentle influence ( she had not been Shannish ) , but it took Lucien a while to overcome a feeling of discomfort , having so many of them around him . |
| 15 | But it took R. A. Fisher and his colleagues , the founders of modern population genetics , to develop the full answer to Fleeming Jenkin in terms of Mendel 's theory of particle genetics . |
| 16 | It might not have been a very long missive , but it brought Aubrey into the room as if they had not been apart for two whole years . |
| 17 | There was nothing unpleasant about it , as she knew quite well , but it brought Maggie out of the renewed clouds of desire . |
| 18 | News spread like wildfire , but it brought Burke unexpected trouble in that a man called Samuel O'Rourke claimed to be a friend of the dead Byrne and challenged Burke to a fight which Burke did not want . |
| 19 | It was tiny and not terribly clean , but it entranced Constance . |
| 20 | It was just one horror in the midst of many taking place daily but it affected Anne deeply . |
| 21 | Of course , the irony of what he had just said escaped him , but it caused Shiona to smile a bitter inner smile . |
| 22 | Phil Whelan 's long through ball was booted clear by Spink , but it hit Mick Stockwell and rebounded into the path of Kiwomya , who took careful aim before stroking the ball into an empty net from 20 yards . |
| 23 | The report of an internal PP investigation carried out in May , a copy of which was obtained by El Mundo , recommended the expulsion from the party of Sanchis , Palop and Eduardo Zaplana , president of the PP in Alicante , and the dismissal of two others from official positions , but it exonerated Naseiro . |
| 24 | The ‘ fiery blast ’ , or nuee ardente , did not itself last long , but it set St Pierre ablaze . |
| 25 | The remedial action that had to be taken was painful in the extreme but it saved ICI Fibres and put it in a position of strength for the future . |
| 26 | His one-man show yesterday failed to prevent the Hammers moving to fourth in the First Division but it saved Pompey from embarrassment . |
| 27 | Heaven knows what his victim had been eating before the battle , but it ended Seiguard 's reign of terror , permanently . |
| 28 | As some have found , that 's a costly way , but it cost Jesus His life to win new life for us . |
| 29 | Ian Fleming 's Casino Royale ( 1953 ) was not a bestseller but it introduced James Bond , the agent with the number 007 , a licence to kill and a taste for the best of everything , especially girls . |
| 30 | But it decimated BR 's annual accounts , and ultimately the freight network , as the government then approved a severe pruning of unremunerative collieries . |