Example sentences of "[adj] but it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I shouted at it in English but it kept on . |
| 2 | The Shorthorn/Highland first cross has always been popular but it took the concerted efforts of the three Cadzow brothers on an island off the west coast of Scotland to consolidate the virtues of the cross and turn it into a genuine breed , the Luing , named after the island of its origin . |
| 3 | Jezrael thrashed to get free but it did n't work . |
| 4 | The thought was distasteful but it continued to play on her mind as she got dressed in a pair of jeans and a flowered silk shirt . |
| 5 | He had a reputation for being a bit slow-witted but it did n't perturb him in the least . |
| 6 | Erm I 'm not saying that er there were n't problems in security and using public transport and fear of using public transport after dark , but we were quite surprised that compared with the rest of the U K it was erm not acceptable but it gave us an indication on , on where to go from there on , erm and also I think er the important factor that in the lower in Strathclyde that we 've actually consulted women in terms of er what they want and what they need er in the transport world erm in public transport and that 's not lip service we 've actually had discussions groups and that information has been fed into the large erm public transport review that were undertaking at the present time . |
| 7 | The revolution at Northampton may have been different but it did have uncanny echoes of what had gone on at Neath . |
| 8 | It made him feel afraid but it excited him too . |
| 9 | The September night was hot and humid but it did not perturb Constance as she struggled through the crowds of noisy , gesticulating passengers purposefully carrying cardboard boxes , mattresses and crates of chickens down the long platform . |
| 10 | And as I said , it , it was er , it , it , it , it was , it was denigrated but it had its own strengths , and the Margaret case er , is , is one of them . |
| 11 | Again , it avoided the words black and white but it classified people as patrials and non-patrials ; in general terms , patrials , who can come and go as they wish , are almost always white ; non-patrials are almost never white . |
| 12 | It was not perhaps natural but it had served him well , Nicholas knew , from the beginning . |
| 13 | I had expected it to be cold but it surprised me with a suddenness that wrenched my breath away . |
| 14 | Heathrow was very busy as usual but it helped not having our luggage to carry as it was booked right through to our final destination . |
| 15 | This was right up the top and there were a tiny attic bedroom thing was made into a not very salubrious but it had a cooker and a sink . |
| 16 | They were very discreet but it looked to me like an assignation . ’ |
| 17 | The language is a bit spicy but it did n't put me off in the slightest . ’ |
| 18 | It was dead right but it gave me a tough act to follow and only Joyce 's famous ‘ George , do n't do that ’ would fit the bill . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The poor girl 's hair was mud-caked but it had once been well combed and dressed with oil . |
| 21 | The sum of 10s 0d per week for the new pension was , he admitted , inadequate but it had to correspond with the level of the non-contributory pension ; and such an amount would encourage individuals to take out private pensions . |
| 22 | As their only match preparation for the Test , it was patently inadequate but it did alert them to the vast difference between the cricketing conditions and environment in the Caribbean and those in Australia and New Zealand where they had performed so impressively in gaining the semi-finals of the World Cup . |
| 23 | ‘ They were old and shredded but it crossed my mind to get out the glue stick . ’ |
| 24 | We fixed it up as well as we could — which was n't well but it did give us both somewhere to live away from our parents , a first real taste of independence . |
| 25 | It did Thom himself little good but it exacerbated the inarticulate anger of other officers at the pettiness of the regulations in the face of the array of temptations . |
| 26 | Harriet 's voice was still casual but it struck Meredith its carelessness was now a little forced . |
| 27 | The tone was casual but it did not deceive Iris . |
| 28 | Cumulative selection is the key but it had to get started , and we can not escape the need to postulate a single-step chance event in the origin of cumulative selection itself . |
| 29 | Complex but it seemed to work . |
| 30 | The question was innocent but it brought a great guffaw from the youth and he answered , ‘ Ben Smith , Jones , or Robinson . ’ |