Example sentences of "but [conj] it had [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Katharine replied that she had done shoulder-in and hand had a go at half-pass , but that it had n't been very successful ! |
| 2 | Mark Whiteside ( 18 ) , said he had only recently started modelling but that it had all been good fun . |
| 3 | But although it had now been raining for several hours , there was not the least damp or cold either in the deep runs or in the many burrows that they passed . |
| 4 | I knew there was a water leak there but if it had n't with rain that it definitely was a water leak . |
| 5 | But if it had not been for Hillary Clinton 's TV performance and George Bush 's Japanese collapse , neither of them might now be ordering the removal vans . |
| 6 | Brent London Borough Council , by which the social worker was employed and which was a party to the proceedings , took the initiative in seeking M. 's committal for contempt of court , but if it had not done so some other initiative by or on behalf of the court itself would have been necessary . |
| 7 | Tax and bill collectors faced more practical confusion , not only with a ‘ re-timed ’ calendar but because it had also been decided to start the legal year on January 1 instead of March 25 , which had been New Year 's Day since the twelfth century . |
| 8 | In January 1987 , yet another judge stated that the March ruling was , in fact , in breach of statute but as it had not been appealed against it had to stand . |