Example sentences of "but it [vb past] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it criticized some of the procedures used , including those for the construction of a new research and supply vessel , the RRS , and for an airstrip and berthing jetty at its Rothera station . |
| 2 | Granted , Vitor continued to blame her , but it represented some kind of progress . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He could n't play it at the time , but it made some really great noises . |
| 5 | But it took some getting at , the core of the physical jungle , the dark and deepest recess of organic shame . |
| 6 | But it took some while for the tractors to become available in other markets . |
| 7 | It was marvellous that it was all over , but it took some time to sink in , and in any event had no immediate effect on most of us . |
| 8 | Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision . |
| 9 | And then again I tell you you could use the enema , and that er but er mostly it would you know you would get right again , but it took some doing , not easy . |
| 10 | But it took some time before any clear view emerged as to what these new arrangements should be . |
| 11 | That 's right , yeah so I eventually managed it , but it took some negotiating . |
| 12 | I knew what I had to do but it took some courage to switch that light on , I can tell you . |
| 13 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |
| 14 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |
| 15 | The hill fort at Dun Bhorairaig at Dunlossit would seem to have been a broch from the description of it by Thomas Pennant in 1772 , but it suffered some reconstruction in Medieval times , it has been suggested to turn it into a lookout. which the magnificent view of the whole of the Sound of Islay would support . |
| 16 | The hill fort at Dun Bhorairaig at Dunlossit would seem to have been a broch from the description of it by Thomas Pennant in 1772 , but it suffered some reconstruction in Medieval times , it has been suggested to turn it into a lookout. which the magnificent view of the whole of the Sound of Islay would support . |
| 17 | This was a rather simplistic interpretation of the many disagreements which affected political life , but it contained some truth and helped to explain why France was unable to create a British or American-style two-party system : the question of authoritarianism and democracy in the constitution , which had divided Frenchmen since the Revolution , had again served to divide the country in the constitutional debates of 1946 ; the role of the Roman Catholic Church in national life divided the Christian Democrats from the other leading parties ; and questions of class conflict were particularly apparent in early 1947 in differences over wage levels . |