Example sentences of "[verb] it but [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a last resort but then again we might not need it but if we do |
| 2 | I said to Bev erm do n't mean to say , I mean I might get home and find she 's got a phone call but she said to me yes I mean we , she did think of going out yesterday , and it was me that stopped it but if I feel so inclined today we 'll go down if she 's in |
| 3 | It was unbelievable — not only that he had done it but that she had stood there and let him . |
| 4 | An exhibitor 's put an exhibit up and everyone thinks they can beat it but when they 've gone and left their the exhibitors gone back and put a new lot up … things like that happen . |
| 5 | I mean this is something that we could maybe be of help to in fact maybe something that I could be of help to them on because I actually do lectures on public relations how to assess what I mean at a very basic level you want to communicate with press how do you do it but before you do it why do you want to do it . |
| 6 | Yeah that would cut it down would n't it ? on their own you can say they 'd be able to afford it but if you consider the outgoings as well eighty pound a |
| 7 | Okay it 's easy if you know how to do it , it is obvious when you know how to do it but if you do n't know how to do it it 's not that easy and it 's definitely not obvious . |
| 8 | You bozos do n't seem to realise it but if we had n't been there at that Florence Conference , would not be in the leading position it currently holds with the commission to guarantee further funds and to create a positive role for Britain in Europe with the commission to wuk look at the issues that are gon na come up in 1993 . |
| 9 | I wanted to put it to my mouth and eat it but as I watched , small dark spots began to appear on the surface . |
| 10 | He denied it but after she had an abortion allegedly confessed to his wife , who had been too afraid and embarrassed to go to the police . |
| 11 | The drum disappeared beneath him and Marie thought he 'd lost it but as it shot to the surface Gazzer yelled : ‘ It 's pulling him free ! ’ |
| 12 | if they look as though they need it they need it but if they do n't look as though they need watering do n't water them . |
| 13 | I lit another cigarette from the stub of the first ( unheard-of for me ) — not because I wanted it but because I felt it might give an illusion of poise to walk into the Presence with a cigarette dangling carelessly from my lips . |
| 14 | T. D. You could always have a cigarette if you wanted it but if you got caught , you were in trouble . |