Example sentences of "[noun pl] but it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was popular for warships but it made for a heavy hull . |
| 2 | down into his arteries and we ca n't get anything down there so they 're blocked , but he said how the hell he survived that op I do n't know he said they could 've done more with his legs but it meant another hour and a quarter minutes in surgery , and he said he 'd had enough we could n't have kept him on the table a minute longer so he said all we can do is wait , so now mum said well he 's alright in intensive care , he 's responding well , getting over the operation well , but what we was worried about was him breathing on his own , had he , had he been you see , anyway he said this on er Thursday |
| 3 | The romance lasted for only two months but it had amusing , melodramatic aspects . |
| 4 | This was in connection with my RNR Sea Cadet duties but it gave me much more confidence on the navigational side of cutter service . |
| 5 | In those days a man was allocated duties , it is true they tried to arrange that he was on early spread , medium or late duties but it did n't always work out because of holidays , sickness or that but erm there were no restriction on hours . |
| 6 | The government could and should have required FGD on all its old power stations but it did n't . |
| 7 | Libya was still a Kingdom in those days but it had no aviation legislation , so the entire investigation was conducted in accordance with Annex 13 , though with considerable emphasis on the British interpretation of it . |
| 8 | the staff somewhere and we , we came in here and of course most of the people eventually had families and er they moved out to bigger accommodation as their families grew up , you know , er , we were very pleased to get the house of course because we 'd we 'd lived in this Nissan hut for er either one or two years but it did |
| 9 | Blenheim Palace has the kind of gardens to intimidate most keen amateurs but it welcomed hundreds of enthusiasts to its first autumn flower show , opened by palace owner the Duke of Marlborough . |
| 10 | Jezrael could see that her personal data was offering the captain a wide range of possibilities but it had no personal significance for Chesarynth 's little sister . |
| 11 | Today the Sun confirmed there were further extracts but it added : |
| 12 | She had tried separating them to eat in different places but it had not worked as they tried to run around while eating . |
| 13 | I hit it several times but it had no effect . |
| 14 | I 'm trying to explain to you that there was a different atmosphere about it , the whole situation , I know they were hard times , I know that some people had some really rough times but it did n't show very much , and when I come to think of all my parents ' friends I do n't remember anybody having a wife bashing episode or they all seemed to be very contented with their lot somehow except one , and that was a little bit dicey when I was a little kid , but the man died and the Observer the next week the er obituary notice was put in the paper and underneath they 'd got , with Christ which is far better and my father said and they she could n't have said anything better words |
| 15 | The treaty was not , predictably , adopted by the member states but it encouraged the governments to look again at reform . |
| 16 | to smithereens but it went off and I woke up |
| 17 | We were in there for eight or nine hours but it seemed like days . |
| 18 | It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time . |
| 19 | It lasted only one and a half hours but it satisfied body and soul . |
| 20 | The press reflected the living culture of the people ; it could influence opinion and reinforce existing attitudes but it did not create new forms of entertainment and rarely attempted to alter the habits or loyalties of its readership . |
| 21 | ‘ It was all over in 45 minutes but it seemed an eternity , ’ said Colin . |
| 22 | And it bounced and bounced and bounced and I thought it was going on for ages but it did n't . |
| 23 | The search spanned three continents but it uncovered a pathetic bounty . |
| 24 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 25 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 26 | Immigration to Britain , a country of net emigration ( which means that more people emigrate from it than immigrate to it ) did not in itself throw up social problems but it served to highlight social deprivation . |
| 27 | It looks therapeutic in movies but it made me feel worse than ever . |
| 28 | Nonconformity did not will migration into the towns nor the migration out again to the suburbs but it did meet the challenges presented by these mammoth social changes . |
| 29 | I had n't timed the fifty yards but it had been no sprint . |
| 30 | Police gave no details but it appeared Mr Anderson fell dying with gunshot wounds , and the Ford Capri car sped off with the gunman and Ms Fisher inside . |