Example sentences of "but they [vb past] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they knew that it was a humiliating defeat . |
| 2 | But they believed that it would be a small part of the £21.3 million . ’ |
| 3 | But they said that it was a different matter over in the west , around Appleby way , where they generally paid more money but worked you very hard and gave you little meat . |
| 4 | Mark you , I said as she was too big , but they said as it could just be the water , as they could n't hear no more than the one heart . |
| 5 | These limitations did not make rapid movement impossible , as Marlborough showed in 1704 and Frederick II in 1757 ; but they ensured that it should be the exception rather than the rule . |