Example sentences of "[adj] but it [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I shouted at it in English but it kept on . |
| 2 | Jezrael thrashed to get free but it did n't work . |
| 3 | He had a reputation for being a bit slow-witted but it did n't perturb him in the least . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | That was a very shrewd thing to say in 1940 but it did not happen for nearly five years . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The plan was essentially that first worked out in 1756 but it had now been elaborated and refined . |
| 8 | The language is a bit spicy but it did n't put me off in the slightest . ’ |
| 9 | There 's an instrumental track called Bone Down , and there was originally a guitar solo after that but it did n't fit well — you know , like a good solo will make the song move in the right direction . |
| 10 | It was inevitable that she should start like that but it did n't save her from a sense of her inadequacy . |
| 11 | Oh the by-pass road , you know the north northern part of Ipswich , along the by-pass and of course had ordered trolley buses , because you had to order 'em about two years ahead of time , erm , to take care of that but it did n't materialize and we had a surplus of buses and some of them were sold off , I think some went to Walsall , some to Wolverhampton and er I , I think it was one of those that was sold to Wals Woolwich , figured in the national newspapers that had toppled over . |
| 12 | Yeah , I forgot all about that but it did n't matter anyway . |
| 13 | The poor girl 's hair was mud-caked but it had once been well combed and dressed with oil . |
| 14 | They asked me to get thirty-six teams , at one point in was fifty-seven but it settled down to thirty-six |
| 15 | The tone was casual but it did not deceive Iris . |
| 16 | He would have liked some more but it did not seem appropriate . |
| 17 | A military man , Captain John Smith , pulled the colony together in 1608 but it became all too clear that the colonists were not even able to feed themselves ; 1609 was remembered as ‘ the starving time ’ and the settlers were preparing to give up and leave for England when Lord De La Warr arrived with fresh supplies and new settlers in June 1610 . |
| 18 | After his show he said : ‘ I was a bit nervous at first but it went very well . |
| 19 | Well it was hot but it did n't come out quick . |
| 20 | The voice from the adjoining bedroom was fragile but it carried clearly . |
| 21 | Maybe I should have been more tactful but it did n't seem to occur to me . |
| 22 | all prizes were the same but it did n't |
| 23 | Syl was more of my mother 's generation than my own but it had never occurred to me before that he and she and Lili must all have been young at the same time . |
| 24 | ‘ Gary and I had said ‘ no more ’ after the problems with the first two but it turned out to be the real turning point for me . |
| 25 | There was an offer in the letter if my memory 's correct but it did n't actually specify what their offer was and really I think what the Council want to do is exactly what they are offering because we have to be minded all the time that the that er applicant does not own all the land and , and certainly it is , is , is the wish I think of this Council , I believe unanimously , and , and I think a lot of the residents , that we do somehow acquire a pedestrian link . |
| 26 | attractive but it did n't fly very far probably the aim of the game . |
| 27 | Even when I said I was family — well , yes , I know it was n't true but it seemed near enough the truth to use to persuade them neither of them would give her away . ’ |