Example sentences of "but [adv] it [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But eventually it cost him a term at Her Majesty 's pleasure . |
| 2 | But perhaps it classified him as out of action , impotent despite his puissant armour . |
| 3 | This group has long been noted for its breadth of vision but nevertheless it took them some time to realise the unique advantages of the photosynthetic ‘ mechanisms ’ in plants and thereby to derive what may be an original approach to the problem . |
| 4 | But still it troubled him . |
| 5 | She might have resented his calm assumption that she would prefer to holiday in England at another time , but now it seemed nothing would affect her serenity . |
| 6 | Once , if addressed in such a tone , he would have denied his hunger stiffly , even while it stared nakedly out of his eyes ; but now it seemed he had learned sense enough not to climb on his high horse quite so easily and unprofitably . |
| 7 | I would n't have omitted him three hours before , but now it seemed I must face up to the situation as it was without him . |
| 8 | Irena loved the fragrance , and Bella used to like it as a child , but now it filled her nostrils with the smoky smell of decay , of things drying up and dying . |
| 9 | Previously it had been the sound she 'd longed to hear , but now it filled her heart with music in a minor key , for it was a sound like the drip of tears . |
| 10 | She had thought she was tense last night , but now it struck her that she had n't known what tension was then because she had n't known what Luke could do to her . |
| 11 | Once , she supposed , she must have been impressed by formal evening wear on good male bodies , but now it annoyed her . |
| 12 | She knew that she should have resented his touch , but now it comforted her . |
| 13 | But maybe it suited her . |
| 14 | But then it cost them sixteen thousand did n't it ? |
| 15 | Ministers had rejected the report but politically it took us the next two general elections to repair the damage . |