Example sentences of "but it [vb past] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children found the hut door opened easily enough and cautiously they ventured in , the place smelt musty and stale but it fascinated them . |
| 2 | Melanie wondered if she would have to take a tray to the basement but it seemed they had their own gas ring down there and brewed up continually for themselves . |
| 3 | DEEE-LITE 'S FIRST CONCERTS used DAT backing tapes , but it riled them that people thought all their music was borrowed and sampled . |
| 4 | A letter card came from France , but it told them little except that he was well and a letter followed . |
| 5 | The government did indeed make new judicial arrangements for the peasantry , but it made them in 1861 . |
| 6 | He and his wife tried and tried to have another one and they did , but it took them all those years . |
| 7 | Cayard was recalled instantly by the committee but it took them 40 seconds to hoist the French recall signal , by which time they were well up the track . |
| 8 | They ran , but it took them six . |
| 9 | It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time . |
| 10 | There was never any nastiness between Lee and Tony , but it fired them both up ; they were both determined to beat the other . |
| 11 | Not only was it their first victory since early December but it moved them above their vanquished opponents at the foot of the table . |
| 12 | They may have got a number one , but it cost them ! |
| 13 | Through that , Red Rhino came up with a matching deal which was not very high in terms of money or anything but it gave them some status , certainly with promotion . |
| 14 | Not only did this save the horses the pull up the hill through the village , but it gave them the occasion for one more glimpse of Tamar and the children , who stood on the steps , waving . |
| 15 | A spokesperson from Essex County Council said the council was looking into planting trees on the verge but it considered they were likely to be less effective there . |