Example sentences of "[adj] but it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ah , ’ was all that Maidstone said to this but it had a knowing sound to it . |
| 2 | ‘ I shouted at it in English but it kept on . |
| 3 | The Shorthorn/Highland first cross has always been popular but it took the concerted efforts of the three Cadzow brothers on an island off the west coast of Scotland to consolidate the virtues of the cross and turn it into a genuine breed , the Luing , named after the island of its origin . |
| 4 | Jezrael thrashed to get free but it did n't work . |
| 5 | We did have some but it went . |
| 6 | The thought was distasteful but it continued to play on her mind as she got dressed in a pair of jeans and a flowered silk shirt . |
| 7 | He had a reputation for being a bit slow-witted but it did n't perturb him in the least . |
| 8 | Erm I 'm not saying that er there were n't problems in security and using public transport and fear of using public transport after dark , but we were quite surprised that compared with the rest of the U K it was erm not acceptable but it gave us an indication on , on where to go from there on , erm and also I think er the important factor that in the lower in Strathclyde that we 've actually consulted women in terms of er what they want and what they need er in the transport world erm in public transport and that 's not lip service we 've actually had discussions groups and that information has been fed into the large erm public transport review that were undertaking at the present time . |
| 9 | The revolution at Northampton may have been different but it did have uncanny echoes of what had gone on at Neath . |
| 10 | It made him feel afraid but it excited him too . |
| 11 | The September night was hot and humid but it did not perturb Constance as she struggled through the crowds of noisy , gesticulating passengers purposefully carrying cardboard boxes , mattresses and crates of chickens down the long platform . |
| 12 | And as I said , it , it was er , it , it , it , it was , it was denigrated but it had its own strengths , and the Margaret case er , is , is one of them . |
| 13 | That was a very shrewd thing to say in 1940 but it did not happen for nearly five years . |
| 14 | Again , it avoided the words black and white but it classified people as patrials and non-patrials ; in general terms , patrials , who can come and go as they wish , are almost always white ; non-patrials are almost never white . |
| 15 | It was not perhaps natural but it had served him well , Nicholas knew , from the beginning . |
| 16 | ‘ My mother went to look for it later but it had gone . ’ |
| 17 | I had expected it to be cold but it surprised me with a suddenness that wrenched my breath away . |
| 18 | Heathrow was very busy as usual but it helped not having our luggage to carry as it was booked right through to our final destination . |
| 19 | The plan was essentially that first worked out in 1756 but it had now been elaborated and refined . |
| 20 | This was right up the top and there were a tiny attic bedroom thing was made into a not very salubrious but it had a cooker and a sink . |
| 21 | They were very discreet but it looked to me like an assignation . ’ |
| 22 | The language is a bit spicy but it did n't put me off in the slightest . ’ |
| 23 | It was dead right but it gave me a tough act to follow and only Joyce 's famous ‘ George , do n't do that ’ would fit the bill . |
| 24 | In another he found old shoes piled high on rusty tables and there was one room he thought very odd but it made him smile . |
| 25 | After that came my Marx and Schweitzer phase but I started getting greedy and wanting them all rolled into one and then somebody told me that we 've got to learn to love ourselves , so I tried that but it seemed a bit selfish . |
| 26 | There was no harm in that but it landed him in trouble every time . |
| 27 | There 's an instrumental track called Bone Down , and there was originally a guitar solo after that but it did n't fit well — you know , like a good solo will make the song move in the right direction . |
| 28 | It was inevitable that she should start like that but it did n't save her from a sense of her inadequacy . |
| 29 | Oh the by-pass road , you know the north northern part of Ipswich , along the by-pass and of course had ordered trolley buses , because you had to order 'em about two years ahead of time , erm , to take care of that but it did n't materialize and we had a surplus of buses and some of them were sold off , I think some went to Walsall , some to Wolverhampton and er I , I think it was one of those that was sold to Wals Woolwich , figured in the national newspapers that had toppled over . |
| 30 | Yeah , I forgot all about that but it did n't matter anyway . |