Example sentences of "but [subord] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The term first appeared in the nonsense works of Edward Lear , but where it came from no one knows . |
| 2 | But where it worked , it worked very well , not least because of the logic of the exchange : companies release staff to give occasional , specialist lectures , the college releases staff to give an occasional , specialist contribution to the production or service process . |
| 3 | A further situation might arise , however , in which the defendant alleges belief in consent on the basis of the victim 's consent to penetration but where it did not occur to him that she might not understand the nature of the act , although the risk of this was quite obvious . |
| 4 | It seemed improbable that the fine hot weather should continue right through the summer , but so it did for most of us . |
| 5 | It was odd that he had n't thought about that but immediately it came back to him , the name of the exchange , though Hilbert 's phone had been disconnected . |
| 6 | Driving to Glasgow I wondered how easy it was to get lost and end up in Wales or Norfolk or somewhere , but once it began , it was so exciting and I saw one could n't get lost , not even if one tried . |
| 7 | But once it became clear that most Algerians supported Iraq , the FIS quickly did the same . |
| 8 | At the moment this innovatory scheme was still at the planning stage , but once it got off the ground I could n't fail to gross a minimum of fifty thou in the first year of operation , after which the sky was the limit . |
| 9 | But once it happened , I suppose it was inevitable . ’ |
| 10 | No one had a drink before the food arrived , but once it did the wine flowed freely : the best lambrusco , the best fortana and finally the moscato , a sweet , white , generally fizzy wine made with selected muscatel grapes . |
| 11 | But although it brought victory to the Black Prince , the battle of Nájera was to be the cause of the renewal of the war which had been halted in 1360 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A working party chaired by Lady Vaizey was set up in 1977 to look into the question of making such payments , but although it produced a paper on the subject , no further action was taken . |
| 14 | By 1911 , when Italy 's newly launched first Dreadnought battleship was significantly named the Dante Alighieri , it claimed 50,000 members ; but although it enjoyed considerable official support it had little influence on government policy . |
| 15 | But although it felt numb , the leg was still bearing his weight , so he hobbled quickly over to the door leading to the basement , jerked it open and dived through . |
| 16 | But although it had the standard minute membership and tatty newspaper hawked erratically round student unions , shopping precincts and Tube stations , Big Flame was different . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Brazil was a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) , but although it had signed the 1967 Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America ( the Treaty of Tlatelolco — see p. 22505 ) it had not signed the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT — see p. 22787 ) , and for this reason had been allowed no international shipments of nuclear fuel since 1978 . |
| 19 | But although it staggered once more , it still did n't drop . |
| 20 | This , Mwangaza ( ‘ Light ’ ) , was later to become the first Swahili daily , but although it cost only three cents it never achieved sales higher than about 1,400 . |
| 21 | It was true that Dimity appeared to fall in readily with any of Ella 's demands , but if it came to a matter of principle , then Dimity was unshaken . |
| 22 | But if it came to a pitched battle , the phalanx of heavily armed , well-mounted knights was a very formidable weapon . |
| 23 | But if it came on now … |
| 24 | But if it came to an argument — well , I looked at Rich and I could n't help myself . |
| 25 | But if it came unopened , unsealed , he would return the reply unsealed . |
| 26 | But if it came to the point where he thought he had nothing to lose , I do n't know what he would do . ’ |
| 27 | She did n't want to die , but if it came to that she 'd rather go out fighting . |
| 28 | He still jumped well , but if it had been a bit softer he would have been up there . ’ |
| 29 | But if it had to be anyone , I am glad it was John . |
| 30 | But if it had meant working for two months she would have said immediately , as she did now , ‘ I 'll have it . ’ |