Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I 've no idea , but it seemed sensible to keep an eye open for anyone in the grounds . ’ |
| 32 | Patrick turned to look at the street , wondering what had brought Collins here ; but it seemed just another poor tenement side street . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | But it seemed likely that a scandal of some sort would eventually break . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | But it seemed important to her that I be there . ’ |
| 39 | I own this house , by the way , but it seemed wasteful not to have a tenant on the upper storey . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | Perhaps it was only that the hot climb had tired her but it seemed more than that . |
| 42 | It was just possible that the painkillers she had taken for her shoulder had reacted with the alcohol , but it seemed unlikely . |
| 43 | His business contacts were being checked , but it seemed unlikely to Azadi that any of them would have been in a position to spirit the shipowner away at a moment 's notice . |
| 44 | I knew very little about boats , and had hated what little experience of sailing I had had , but it seemed unlikely that any boat would shut down its engine until it was safely round into the bay , or even then . |
| 45 | During those days , we often prayed for our friends in Africa ; but it seemed unlikely that I could ever be trusted to return . |
| 46 | This was a return to the test of outrage , with all its faults , but it met little outrage in Standing Committee and fell only because of the dissolution of Parliament for the 1987 General Election . |
| 47 | David Kelly gets in a shot — but it went wide of Brentford 's goal |
| 48 | ‘ But it went berserk and , you 'll not believe us , but the car brought us here . ’ |
| 49 | Araminta almost had it as a child , but it went fair — and then mouse , poor wretch ! ’ |
| 50 | But it went wrong . |
| 51 | To reduce the nitrate , we bought lots of Caulerpa , but it went white and died . |
| 52 | But it came close , tugging her back to consciousness ; still mostly asleep , she recognized it . |
| 53 | only other one he 's got is a silk one so er I was gon na go on Tuesday and have a look and they had them there before Christmas , seven ninety nine and , but it said one size now I do n't know whether the one size will fit Di because the last one I had for him I sent away for and I had erm so I do n't know whether them down there would fit , they were seven ninety nine , there were white and lemon and pale green that was striped I think . |
| 54 | I need some le er the , I wanted a carton of live yoghurt I do n't think the live yoghurt I used was any good because , for a start it was fruit flavoured , no it was n't , it was natural , but it said mild flavoured |
| 55 | I do n't think the live yoghurt I used was any good because , for a start it was fruit flavoured , no it was n't it was natural , but it said mild flavoured and I do n't think it was the proper like the Greek style really live yoghurt that would have started all the fungus growing on it . |
| 56 | It was nothing really radical in terms of modern design — even apart from Malcolm having adapted it from a picture — but it had great presence . |
| 57 | But it had great difficulty in finding the necessary funds for this purpose , and , partly for this reason and partly because of sheer bureaucratic inefficiency , the payment of the subsidies was always much delayed . |
| 58 | The result edged Liverpool into ninth place , 11 points behind leaders Norwich , but it had great personal significance for Souness . |
| 59 | By 1880 this was more and more a matter of Great Russian chauvinism within the boundaries of the Russian Empire , and tsarist imperialism abroad , but it had great sentimental appeal among Slavs living under non-Slav rulers who were encouraged by it to look to this ‘ big brother ’ . |
| 60 | But it had great sentimental value . ’ |