Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had expected to return home with full payment for the shoes she 'd made , but it seemed the theatre people were not too quick in settling bills , a practice they shared with the gentry . |
| 2 | There was only one big road to cross , but it had a zebra crossing and she had been road-safe at Phoebe 's insistence for years . |
| 3 | Nobody took any notice of a dead dog , but it had a timing device that blew a charge against the gate . |
| 4 | But it had a promenade deck , like the Hindenburg , and carried its passengers in considerable luxury even allowing for the natural exaggeration of the Imperial Airways Gazette : ‘ passengers making air journeys in the new Empire type flying boats of Imperial Airways not only express their admiration for the speed and quietness in flight of these air liners , and for the spaciousness of their saloons , but they also pay warm tributes to the efficiency of their catering arrangement ’ . |
| 5 | Rose Cottage did not have a garage , but it had a parking space formed by sacrificing most of the front garden . |
| 6 | Libya was still a Kingdom in those days but it had no aviation legislation , so the entire investigation was conducted in accordance with Annex 13 , though with considerable emphasis on the British interpretation of it . |
| 7 | But I think it was built maybe in er in the er nineteen eighty or early eight maybe nineteen ninety five or thereabout but it took a while while they got it erected . |
| 8 | United had four cleared off the line … hit the bar twice but it took a hand ball and a penalty from Jim Magilton to get them back into the game … with ten minutes to go the Manor was celebrating an equaliser from Joey Beauchamp and surely they could see the second division side off … but after extra time it was still two all and now down to penalties … the crunch came when Chrissy Allen 's kick was saved … and Swansea 's Keith Walker scored to make it five four to the second division side on penalties … |
| 9 | He smacked the ball and it was heading for the roof of the net but it hit a west ham player on the head and almost knocked his head off ! |
| 10 | TV missed the end of Empire , except for little bits like the Argyll Highlanders ' steamy evacuation from Aden in 1967 , but it caught the Vietnam War , the Nigerian Civil War , and so much as it was permitted in the Falklands . |
| 11 | He then picked up a stool and brought it down towards her but it smashed a ceiling light . |
| 12 | But it reaffirmed a council resolution of 18 December demanding the immediate repatriation of all the Palestinians expelled the previous day and stressed the need for it to be implemented . |
| 13 | But it opened the prison doors and allowed Edward Hyde to escape . |
| 14 | But it remained a paper exercise . |
| 15 | But it averted the nightmare prospect of four consecutive defeats as they prepare to end their marathon season against Germany in Detroit next Saturday . |
| 16 | The RUC at first believed they had died in the fire , but it started a murder investigation three days later . |