Example sentences of "[vb pp] but it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chart 13 shows Mr Moore 's findings : in the successful sample the average ratio of long-term debt to assets was 62.4% after the LBO had been made but it fell to 37.6% by the third year as assets were sold and debt paid off . |
| 2 | After the publication of Gratian 's Decretum and its wide dissemination , which is illustrated by the large number of manuscripts in different medieval libraries and individually owned by various bishops and scholars , not only could more detailed work be undertaken but it initiated a new epoch in interest in the declaration of law by the pope . |
| 3 | More than half thought the school had explained but it seemed to be in the past , a one-off opportunity and not an on-going process . |
| 4 | The Tchaikovsky was decently played but it lacked the passionate intensity that the score asks for , if not demands . |
| 5 | After what seemed like ages we popped out of the cloud and confirmed our dead-reckoned position as overhead the airfield of Vila Real , where we would have landed but it had no avgas . |
| 6 | He said the brakes were worn but it had not contributed to the tragedy . |
| 7 | Caroline had disappeared but it had been shown that it was nothing to do with him . |
| 8 | The charge has not even been proved but it left him 12 per cent behind Paul Tsongas in the New Hampshire primary . |
| 9 | She spoke and understood more English than had at first appeared but it seemed to be English she had got from the Kettering children , so she was easily understood by Jacqueline who would run to her , climb on to her lap , whenever the maid sat down for a moment and stay there silent and apparently overawed . |
| 10 | Police said yesterday some damage had been caused but it appeared no money was missing . |
| 11 | Throughout the first two weeks of the campaign almost twothirds of our panel cited unemployment as the ‘ main issue ’ that should be discussed but it got little coverage on television news . |
| 12 | The new electoral law was passed but it made no mention of the role of opposition groups , merely stating that elections would take place within the framework of socialism , thus effectively barring non-socialist candidates . |
| 13 | By this time the rain had begun but it did n't dampen their enthusiasm one bit . |
| 14 | Roads were blocked and gardens were swamped but it carried on raining . |