Example sentences of "but it [vb past] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bus held about twenty people , but it carried all manner of other things . |
| 2 | They 'd come here to learn , but it seemed all they would ever learn was how to alter that which they had no possibility of understanding into something so familiar there was no point in their understanding it . |
| 3 | It was only a monosyllable , but it had all of ninety kilos behind it . |
| 4 | But it had all the signs of a sectarian killing . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But it had all it 's side |
| 7 | It was not itself a centre of manufacturing , but it outstripped all other ports as a point of transit for English exports and became thereby a major entrepot of international trade . |
| 8 | But it took all of a week 's ration of time to restore the plot to its pre-holiday weed-free state . |
| 9 | To a large degree this was centred , although not confined , to the newer , suburban churches , but it affected all aspects of Nonconformist church-life . |
| 10 | And I tried to do a pattern but it sent all my eyes crazy counting these |