Example sentences of "but [adv] it [vb -s] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 IN the West Indies the appropriately coloured rainbow flag for friendship can sometimes be used to replace the plethora of different ensigns ( there are more ensigns than steel bands among the islands ) , but mostly it has become merely an additional flag .
2 There have been scientific developments , of course , in chemistry , but perhaps it 's seen now as being more important in the context of the contribution it 's making to other important areas such as biology , environmental science and so forth .
3 But now it 's gone too far . ’
4 Er that was when I was there but now it 's pumped ashore with well by hose from the ship you know and er they put water in about once or twice a year .
5 Within a week , she was back to normal but now it 's happened again and I feel anxious to know more about it .
6 I 'm thinking about marketing my services on quality and relating to customers in a way that I 'd just begun to think of before but now it 's come right to the front .
7 I think there are again arguments about what 's the most effective way to act here because it 's been proposed some people have thrown into discussion the idea that college bars might have more restrictive policies , but then it 's said actually the most problematic forms of drunkenness are those which involve heavy drinking in private .
8 But then it 's left altogether int it ?
9 Erm but then it starts getting very very silly .
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