Example sentences of "but it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | There did exist the small Northern Ireland Labour Party which disappeared after the fall of Stormont ; but it had been based on industrial workers , particularly in the shipyards , and remained much smaller in size than its Southern counterpart . |
| 2 | But it had stopped Lord Woodleigh in the most horrible of ways . |
| 3 | But it had been days since he had managed to obtain a good , large dish of fresh-cooked vegetables . |
| 4 | But it had all soured later . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A legal opinion requested by the Attorney-General , Richard Thornburgh , effected the change in June , but it had been kept secret since then . |
| 7 | It had large sales for a time in England and America , but it had neither the originality nor the power of his first book . |
| 8 | The house had not the vistas or the parkland of Auckland Castle , and its chapel could hardly compete with the chapel at Auckland , but it had good walks along the Ouse . |
| 9 | We were playing a silly game , which had not a tragic outcome — it had , thanks to the mercy of providence , a fortunate outcome — but it had an outcome which is not one which ah statecraft should either aim at or be proud of having achieved . |
| 10 | Sheffield was the smaller town , but it had a bigger train station , more industrial soot , more prostitutes , and an all black movie house , the Carver , all in close proximity to one another . |
| 11 | The stage was wide but it had no depth . |
| 12 | It was nothing really radical in terms of modern design — even apart from Malcolm having adapted it from a picture — but it had great presence . |
| 13 | There was only one big road to cross , but it had a zebra crossing and she had been road-safe at Phoebe 's insistence for years . |
| 14 | Like the ACAS report , the Scarman report sank without a trace but it had already fulfilled its function that of sapping the strength and momentum of the struggle . |
| 15 | Nobody expected it to be competitive but it had been thought that any team serious enough to build and enter a grand prix car should be competent enough to make it last more than five consecutive laps . |
| 16 | It was easy now to write to Vincent about his father 's visit in a flippant , amusing way , but it had n't been like that at all . |
| 17 | He said the Government was reluctant to interfere , but it had become aware of ‘ widespread detestation in Parliament ’ of some trends in the popular press . |
| 18 | It made a good reason for those excluded to dislike Miss Morgan , but it had been true any time these past two years . |
| 19 | He was deathly pale and obviously still in the first shock of grief but it had taken him differently . |
| 20 | But it had been the older sister he had gone there with , and had apparently abandoned in favour of the younger , more exciting girl . |
| 21 | Stability had not provided an increase in the number of occupational pensioners , but it had provided a secure environment for the lucky half of the nation who were covered . |
| 22 | The scenery was beautiful , but it had not entered into the soul of the people . |
| 23 | But it had n't sounded like the milkman somehow . |
| 24 | United Motors had already built a component plant in Dublin a few years before , at the specific request of the Chairman , but it had never operated profitably . |
| 25 | He had taken a bottle of cough mixture with him but it had n't helped much . |
| 26 | Perhaps not last Sunday , and perhaps not on the way to Liam Shakespeare 's front door , but it had happened . |
| 27 | But it had n't been her lucky day after all . |
| 28 | Aunt Louise was seeking in her mind for the next verse , but it had gone . |
| 29 | She had had what seemed to be flu , but it had left her breathless , he said . |
| 30 | She would phone the police and they would go out of their way to search her garden and reassure her of their vigilance , but it had been going on for years . |