Example sentences of "but [vb past] it [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were moved to different accommodation but claimed it was little better . |
| 2 | Mungo thought of separating them , but knew it was too late to save the victim . |
| 3 | He thought of taking the man 's rifle but knew it was too heavy for him and that he would be incapable of aiming it . |
| 4 | He even landed on the South American continent but thought it was just another island . |
| 5 | ‘ I knew toxoplasmosis existed , but thought it was very rare and so did my doctor friends . |
| 6 | Prof Carter described the laboratory evidence as really dramatic but said it is too early to say whether the same effect can be produced in patients . |