Example sentences of "but it [adv] [vb past] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slovenia announced on June 17 that if the customs war intensified it would employ its own customs officials , but it reportedly backed down after a threat of direct action by the FEC . |
| 2 | But it also coincided yesterday with a pledge by Mr Egon Krenz , the party leader , that there ‘ can not and will not be an East Germany without a Communist Party . ’ |
| 3 | But it just grew out of all proportion . |
| 4 | There was a window in her bedroom , but it just looked on to a tiny area and did n't let in much light . |
| 5 | She felt the beat of his heart against her breast but it only came halfway to comforting her . |
| 6 | Mildred tried to shriek , but it only came out as a frenzied croaking . |
| 7 | Once I think I hear muttered words and a little chuckle , but it only trickled through from Jancey 's , next door . |
| 8 | Anyway , I put it in the paper , phoned in the paper and they said it 'd be at least a week or fortnight before so I did n't like but it never came out in the paper . |
| 9 | It is not known when the first procession was held , but it almost died out in the middle of this century . |
| 10 | Armed with computers , the procurement department did its job much faster , reports Larry Skinner , the company 's chief of re-engineering , but it actually took longer for anyone in TI to purchase supplies because filling out all the forms demanded by the procurement department had become so complicated . |
| 11 | It seemed that he 'd expected the animal 's response to be more intense on the second day , but it actually scored lower on his scale . |