Example sentences of "but it had [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had found a job as watchman at the council depot but it had caused him to become morose and ailing . |
| 2 | It had soon passed , but it had alarmed her at the time . |
| 3 | He had n't been hurt by it , probably not even insulted , but it had made him angry . |
| 4 | It was not perhaps natural but it had served him well , Nicholas knew , from the beginning . |
| 5 | But it had shattered her to realise just how vulnerable she was , and she kept the conversation very brittle and light , to cover up her own inadequacy . |
| 6 | He was deathly pale and obviously still in the first shock of grief but it had taken him differently . |
| 7 | He said he was sorry , but it had taken him 10 days to walk here . ’ |
| 8 | He had looked at one , years ago , but it had taken him three days to read it , carefully , from cover to cover , by which time he realized that , if he was going to do the thing at all conscientiously , he would never be abreast of current developments . |
| 9 | Southend United .... 3 Tottenham Hotspur .. 2 ( aet ; score at 90 min 3-2 ; agg 3-3 ; Tottenham win on away goals ) TOTTENHAM ended last night playing party tricks to waste time at Roots Hall , but it had taken them nearly two hours to establish a semblance of control over Southend in a throbbing , snarling , extraordinarily eventful Littlewoods Cup second round , second leg . |
| 10 | She took in breath to scream , but it had caught her up like a shred of paper . |