Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I read a lot of books , and I knew the theory of it very well , but I failed when it came to the practice . |
| 2 | ‘ But I understood that it had been arranged that one of us was to go into each room . ’ |
| 3 | I have been fearfully worried , but I felt that it had to come . |
| 4 | So she said well I 'll put that on the thing , but she said if it goes to Crown Court you 'll have to , I said well |
| 5 | It was not a style that she had affected before , but she decided that it suited her better than the severe chignon had ever done . |
| 6 | Lucy also saw the plan Doreen had in mind , but she doubted that it had much to do with married couples in search of outdoor adventure . |
| 7 | But he calculated that it had to be worth it , that such casualties would be minor compared with those which would result from a prolonged , slogging , hand-to-hand battle . |
| 8 | He had never believed that anything like this could happen to him — this being , he supposed , love at first sight — but he acknowledged that it had . |
| 9 | From his visit to the Burgers , Wycliffe had learned something about art , more about the art trade , and a good deal about Edwin Garland , but he wondered whether it had brought him any closer to establishing a motive for the murder of Francis . |