Example sentences of "but it make " in BNC.
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| 1 | She meant it as a compliment but it made me sound like her GP . |
| 2 | Kevin Inkster discarded the loose chain when he was dissatisfied with the cut it gave , but it made him realise that he was certainly on the right lines . |
| 3 | We hid but it made no difference , they still found us . |
| 4 | Now White was fit — but it made no difference . |
| 5 | Knee-high to a gnat but it made no difference . |
| 6 | But it made the situation no easier because Churchill distrusted Temple as a sort of Socialist and as too outspoken a politician . |
| 7 | Volvo 's two-litre B200 engine had always been smoother than the bigger-bore 2.3 , but it made no more than an adequate job of hauling the corpulent 940 . |
| 8 | He could n't play it at the time , but it made some really great noises . |
| 9 | But it created a new kind of assignment , which was a legal assignment in the sense that the assignee might sue directly in his own name without making the assignor a party ; but it made certain special requirements : |
| 10 | Rain caused delays at Lord 's so that the match had to be carried over till Sunday , but it made no difference to Richards . |
| 11 | Nigel assumed she was lying , but it made him feel better . |
| 12 | Well , I did find that , and the love of bad men , too , but it made no difference . |
| 13 | But it made no difference . |
| 14 | This last provision was included in the enabling legislation to allow for representation of minority religious groups , but it made the triennial elections a running denominational sore and made the Boards particularly sensitive to pressure from minority interests . |
| 15 | This proved nothing in itself , but it made a mockery of the Commission 's repeated claims to be particularly scientific in its approach . |
| 16 | In another he found old shoes piled high on rusty tables and there was one room he thought very odd but it made him smile . |
| 17 | But it made the patients very sick , and the remissions did not last . |
| 18 | The extra weight and clothing was to help me get used to the combined effect of heat and exertion , but it made me look twice the man I was ! |
| 19 | He tried it , crossing the corner of the demolition site , but it made him cough . |
| 20 | But it made no difference . |
| 21 | We may be dealing with an energy currently unknown to science , but it made sense to start by monitoring known energies . |
| 22 | But it made no difference . |
| 23 | Some members of the of the committee did not approve , but it made no difference to Stuart ; obstinacy was part of his character . |
| 24 | She thought what an undecided old fool Phoebe was , but it made her outburst at the Frolic all the more courageous . |
| 25 | I laughed at this , but it made me think of where Charlie may have inherited some of his cruelty . |
| 26 | Eventually Ryan appeased Neath by choosing more of their players but it made no difference : whatever kind of front five was chosen , static or mobile , Wales were beaten , and then when rugby league lucre had begun to attract an increasing number of his better players Ryan gave up the unequal struggle after the devastating defeat at Twickenham in 1990 . |
| 27 | Ruth never felt that she was good at it , but it made a change , and she enjoyed listening to her mistress 's accounts of her days . |
| 28 | But it made no mention of a halt to the mainland bombing campaign . |
| 29 | ‘ But it made a difficult situation impossible , caused distress to her and her husband and sounded the death knell on the marriage which until then , although in difficulties , neither of them had given up hope of saving . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I only had a couple of hours with him , but it made a tremendous difference . |