Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] but it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that came my Marx and Schweitzer phase but I started getting greedy and wanting them all rolled into one and then somebody told me that we 've got to learn to love ourselves , so I tried that but it seemed a bit selfish . |
| 2 | It made him feel afraid but it excited him too . |
| 3 | He explained payments in eight monthly instalments may give the impression that tenants were paying more but it covered the full year . |
| 4 | I can not truthfully say that my work experience directly influenced my ambitions career wise but it did show me that the music business is not about ‘ Top of the Pops ’ but about a day 's work to be proud of . |
| 5 | We did have some but it went . |
| 6 | The 72 might have seemed boring but it put him in charge . |
| 7 | Jezrael thrashed to get free but it did n't work . |
| 8 | Such a figure may seem insignificant but it represented a strength of purpose and feeling which made the small groups men and women of courage . |