Example sentences of "the [noun] but it did " in BNC.

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1 This had little to do with the computer but it did spur us into action .
2 The heating was on inside the car but it did little to drive out the chill that seemed to have settled in her bones .
3 She wanted to leave the room but it did n't seem polite .
4 Nonconformity did not will migration into the towns nor the migration out again to the suburbs but it did meet the challenges presented by these mammoth social changes .
5 He had given her no help throughout the night but it did not lessen her love .
6 The vehicle passed the end of the road but it did n't turn toward us .
7 In that you could see what was happening on the floor but it did n't show continuity of work which easily
8 A sudden wave of panic swept over her and she glanced at the others but it did n't seem as if she was going to learn anything for the moment .
9 Four of them had another go as The Madness but it did n't work , and suddenly they were gone .
10 The use of dictionary information greatly reduced the task but it did not complete it .
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