Example sentences of "but it had [adv] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The car might belong to the estate or be bringing timber-buyers or tree-fellers to the woods , but it had nearly knocked her down , and she was determined to get its number . |
| 2 | Like the ACAS report , the Scarman report sank without a trace but it had already fulfilled its function that of sapping the strength and momentum of the struggle . |
| 3 | It was only a theory but it had always amazed him , and the other field operatives , how Philpott could come up with solid cover stories at such short notice . |
| 4 | But it had always used its copious data for control rather than for information . |
| 5 | He had tried to give her an injection but it had only made her more hysterical . |
| 6 | The previous instrument , a small electric organ presented in 1937 , was no longer adequate , but it had certainly proved its worth , when in 1946 W.L. Wyatt , then head boy , in passing the examination for the Diploma for the Royal College of Organists , had achieved a Distinction , probably without precedent for a boy still at school . |
| 7 | It was probably only a rabbit , but it had still unnerved her slightly , and she pulled off the drive and parked on the grass . |
| 8 | But it had never struck me that it was something he would notice . |