Example sentences of "but it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may be some truth in that , but it sounded like a bit of the old fustian all the same . |
| 2 | But it sounded too much like preaching , so he kept his mouth shut . |
| 3 | No one was quite sure what it meant but it sounded impressive . |
| 4 | That was entirely true , but it sounded very limp as I said it and my voice just tailed away . |
| 5 | There was a new Secondary there , a fine building everyone said , with playing fields and a pool and modern laboratories but it sounded , to Carrie , very ordinary and dull . |
| 6 | ’ It was n't a question but it sounded like one . |
| 7 | ‘ I forget what this Susan woman said exactly , but it sounded to me as though Chris Parker did n't like the idea at first . |
| 8 | His voice was muffled by the pillow , but it sounded to Cassie as if he were close to tears . |
| 9 | But it sounded more like Hilda alone — it was just the sort of thing to appeal to Hilda 's sense of humour . |
| 10 | What this meant was n't certain , but it sounded good at the time . |
| 11 | Behind him Hrun screamed , but it sounded more like a bellow of rage than a cry of pain . |
| 12 | ‘ Faulty gas main , ’ I said , but it sounded weak . |
| 13 | I only heard the start of the prog but it sounded like the Norwich fans had booked tickets at Leeds , went to pick them up and were told to f*** off ! |
| 14 | Dave also played the old fashioned curved soprano sax , which looks almost like a toy instrument but it sounded clear and forceful in his hands . |
| 15 | Shut up Ah but it sounded like like a Welsh name did n't it ? |
| 16 | But it sounded very |
| 17 | Jane kept talking to him , but it sounded remarkably like David |
| 18 | But it lashed into the enchanted forest with the whip of centuries . |
| 19 | At seventeen she bore his daughter , but it died . |
| 20 | The wild aurochs , as big as a modern English Longhorn , was widespread in Britain while there was still a landbridge linking the land to the Continent after the retreat of the glaciers of the last Ice Age , but it died out here during the Bronze Age 3,000 years ago and it never reached Ireland . |
| 21 | ‘ Lord , dearie , I had one of my own , when Gracie was alive , but it died ; so I know all about having 'em . |
| 22 | But it died within two weeks . ’ |
| 23 | But he mounted the steps anyway , and knocked on the door to make certain : the sound was sudden and startling , but it died away quickly , with no response from within the building . |
| 24 | That did n't help the Black Destroyer , certainly , but it died because I made a mistake , and my power is so strong that when it goes wrong , which is seldom but not never , even those things I have invested with great protective power become vulnerable . |
| 25 | Dreamily he tried to concentrate on it , to classify it , but it defied his effort . |
| 26 | The children found the hut door opened easily enough and cautiously they ventured in , the place smelt musty and stale but it fascinated them . |
| 27 | Calcium supplementation did not influence the solubility of bile acids in the ileu , but it reduced their solubility to about 20% in the colon and faeces . |
| 28 | The IBA was of course on the liberal wing of the Establishment , but it knew where to draw the line . |
| 29 | John tried to hold the family together but it knocked everyone back . ’ |
| 30 | This addition to the maps made them more useful , especially for agricultural purposes , but it entailed resurveying ground already covered and slowed the progress of subsequent work . |