Example sentences of "but [adv] [vb past] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1804 , aged 22 , he moved to a clerical post in London but soon left it to study law in the city . |
| 2 | But hardly had it reached our screens last July than it was plagued by troubles and controversy . |
| 3 | She was upset , but later reflected it had n't been as bad as it could have been . |
| 4 | The testator had made a will , but then opened it to have a look at it . |
| 5 | Jessamy opened her mouth , but then snapped it shut again . |
| 6 | But how had it got in here ? |
| 7 | ‘ But how did it start , for heaven 's sake ? ’ |
| 8 | The Richmond Meet is clearly thriving — but how did it manage to survive the lean years ? |
| 9 | But how did it happen that the Davy miner 's lamp worked out so well for the owners and so badly for the miners ? |
| 10 | But how did it look to the light beams ? |
| 11 | Hit and run — a serious offence , but when had it merited the attention of a Detective Chief Superintendent ? |
| 12 | Conservation was all right but when did it lapse into deterioration ? |
| 13 | But why did it decline ? |
| 14 | ‘ But why did it matter that she teased you , love ? ’ |
| 15 | But why did it happen ? |
| 16 | For centuries the lane served no doubt as a cattle-road , but why did it come into existence at all , and when ? |
| 17 | Singularity , like , later , monogamy , was a difficult thing , a strain , almost an oddity : perhaps that was its appeal for him , but why did it have to be so ? |
| 18 | For years he had preached it , he had believed it intellectually , but never had it become personal to him . |