Example sentences of "but [conj] it [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His Questions au soleil levant received the Grand Prix de Poesie de l'Academie Francaise , but although it awarded him medals , the Academy never granted him the membership that was his life 's ambition . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , but if it made him happy … |
| 3 | Not so much because of the menace in his voice and manner , but because it caused me to lose what little respect I had for him . |
| 4 | So anyway I er the War came and went but before it went I was in , went int eh Army of course . |
| 5 | But whether it meant she passed or failed , Folly knew that there was only one answer she could make . |
| 6 | After leaving school at sixteen , she went on a government course , painting and decorating , but after it finished she was unemployed . |
| 7 | She was surprised to find it rising for the third time , but though it hardened she knew it would take an age to bring it to orgasm . |
| 8 | I 've lived all my life waiting for an opportunity like this , somebody saying you 're all individuals , but when it came I was not convinced . |
| 9 | But when it came it was n't quite as she had imagined … |
| 10 | ‘ The chance of a lifetime ’ did n't arrive at the most convenient moment for Helen Dobson ( seven months into a new job ) but when it came she grabbed it , in spite of the fact that it has left her biting her nails about future career prospects . |
| 11 | ‘ But when it went I thought I needed an operation . |
| 12 | We thought it was interference but when it continued we mapped the entire area . ’ |
| 13 | The marriage , which was a political one , took some time to complete , since bride and groom passed a whole month in Saint-Jean before the ceremony ; but when it happened it was very splendid , with much bestowing of jewels , especially by the wealthy minister , Cardinal Mazarin , whose niece Louis had originally been most anxious to marry but who was opportunely exiled by her uncle in the interests of the nation . |
| 14 | Liza Alther 's bestselling novel Kinflicks was rejected at least fifty times before it found a home , but when it did it earned her enough money to enable her to devote herself full-time to writing . |
| 15 | But when it stopped he lunged at her face with a jagged edged knife . |
| 16 | But when it stopped he lunged at Janice 's head with the jagged-edged weapon before running off . |
| 17 | It looked awful at first — so bad it was wonderful — but as it dried it revealed an incredible gradient of colour . ’ |
| 18 | One did not have to attend school meals with the boys over the week-end if one was off duty ; and the only master who might have noticed I had been away was Méli himself , but as it happened he 'd been in Athens . |
| 19 | One of the factors that led me to sign up with the DIA was the idea that I might be able to do something for my friend Jerry Levin , who had been taken hostage in Beirut by Hezbollah , but as it happened he was released before I got out there . |
| 20 | At first it was a long , gentle kiss , but as it deepened it caused Lucy 's heart to thump and her breath to quicken . |
| 21 | Gently at first , but as it aroused her he opened his mouth to take in the full upward curve of her left breast . |