Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I kept my hand pressed to the bottom of the boat , my fingers freezing in the icy water swilling round us , but I noticed it grew no deeper . |
| 2 | Thessy asked me what McIllvanney had wanted , but I said it had been nothing very much for I was too disgusted with the man to tell Thessy the truth . |
| 3 | But I kept it zipped . |
| 4 | I tried to smile at him through my tears , but I realized it had n't turned out very well , so I squeezed his hand which I was holding . |
| 5 | It may have started a bit playfully but I thought it got out of hand . |
| 6 | It got me out of clearing tables for a living , but I thought it meant more than that . |
| 7 | The one at the top is the basic tree , the one on the left is one of " my " insects , and the one on the right has no name but I thought it looked pretty . |
| 8 | The black tip of that arrow was scarlet with blood , but I reckoned it had n't gone in further than a rib or my spine . |
| 9 | But I found it collected dust in a corner . |
| 10 | He wanted to call her ‘ Mam ’ , the way he had a long time ago , but she said it made her feel middle-aged and dull and ordinary , so he must never say it again , especially when other people were around . |
| 11 | But she said it had been ‘ a delight ’ . |
| 12 | But she said it re-emphasised the need for the spaying of bitches to avoid litters of unwanted puppies facing a cruel death . |
| 13 | But she knew it had been just an impulse — a ‘ strawberry kiss ’ , he 'd called it . |
| 14 | It was the truth , but she knew it sounded evasive and that evasiveness was not a quality that would appeal much to Guido . |
| 15 | At the gateway to the dock a black sports saloon had passed across a junction , unnerving her , but she doubted it had been Rory 's . |
| 16 | But we got it started again . |
| 17 | ‘ But whoever took it acted totally inhumanely . ’ |
| 18 | And they said May which we thought was it a bit really but they said it had the the Spring wood but not the Summer wood on it . |
| 19 | He says we tried to persuade the Council to let us have it , but they said it had to be leased so now we have no where to go . |
| 20 | But they flaunted it did n't she ? |
| 21 | But they claimed it had halted near by . ’ |
| 22 | said it looked alright , but to me she said it 's terrible because it 's so short , I 've never had it this short in my life but he said it looked OK |
| 23 | He would n't go into details over the phone but he said it had something to do with Bernard . |
| 24 | He did not think that their ambitions extended far into Western Europe but he thought it had been a serious error to let the Russians take Berlin and establish themselves there . |
| 25 | The chief of the Near East Division had sat him down one day to try to teach him about Iran , but he doubted it had gone in . |
| 26 | Beck had a miserable round in The Players Championship last week but he confessed it helped him in his charging 65 , one off the course record . |
| 27 | But it happened it kept going on happen . |