Example sentences of "but [vb past] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried a grin , but winced as it hurt him . |
| 2 | Kaye enjoyed helping the group but found that it eroded her own identity . |
| 3 | She tried to push the thought from her mind but found that it persisted . |
| 4 | Prime would neither confirm nor deny the report but noted that it had long indicated in Securities & Exchange Commission filings that it was ‘ exploring financial activities , including capital market transactions . ’ |
| 5 | The idea was considered but rejected because it did not meet the Government 's timetable . |
| 6 | Manager Barry Forshaw said that the ground floor of the shop was ‘ wrecked ’ , but added that it looked as if no structural damage had been done : ‘ it looks worse than it really is ’ . |
| 7 | ARGENTINA last night reaffirmed its claim to the Falklands , but added that it intended to recover the islands peacefully . |
| 8 | A Sotheby 's New York spokeswoman declined to say how much the company had already spent on the treasure over the last two years but acknowledged that it had been ‘ very , very expensive ’ . |
| 9 | The Swiss company Acher Partners admitted its involvement , but claimed that it had simply arranged the contract on behalf of Progresso of Italy , while the latter denied any involvement in illegal activities . |
| 10 | Japan , Thailand 's principal foreign investor , expressed surprise at the coup , but stated that it had no plans to sever aid . |
| 11 | As a result of this acceptance that some of the facts were incorrect , the board of Lautro , on 26 March 1991 , reconsidered the question whether intervention remained justified , but decided that it remained necessary and desirable in the interests of investors . |
| 12 | Reformers knew that the peasant commune stood in the way of economic diversification in the countryside , but felt that it had to be retained because it served to protect the interests of peasants against those of outsiders . |
| 13 | He could not see its full extent from where he stood , but knew that it filled the Ch'ang Chiang basin , eight hundred li south to the mountains , a thousand li east to west . |
| 14 | In biology , Richard Owen — who had led the conservative assault on Lamarckism in the 1830s — now accepted evolution , but insisted that it worked by a preordained process of ‘ derivation ’ . |
| 15 | The Forestry Commission expressed the hope that the study would generate wide debate but stressed that it had no competence to formulate overall forestry policy , which was a matter for the government . |
| 16 | For instance , there is a shared student common room , shared toilet facilities for all students ( there is one adapted toilet/bathroom ) , and equal access to facilities such as the juke box ( donated by the Students ' Union , but removed when it failed to show a profit ! ) and the vending machines . |
| 17 | Suzuki admitted that he had received 10,000,000 yen from Abe which he had neither declared as a political donation nor as personal income , and Shiozaki acknowledged the receipt of 20,000,000 yen but denied that it had been a bribe . |
| 18 | Meteorologists in both France and the UK have described the drought as exceptional , but denied that it provides conclusive evidence of any long-term climate change . |
| 19 | The hon. Member for Dartford — who , as ever , was frank — did not speak any honeyed words about the inspectorate but said that it had been captured by the left in the 1960s and remained captured , and that it was a self-perpetuating oligarchy . |