Example sentences of "but it [be] [pron] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not something I feel I have to prove , but it is something I feel I deserve . |
| 2 | If you know that a dessert is likely to be particularly rich but it is something you relish , then do not eat so much of the main course ; you will then be hungry enough to enjoy the dessert without feeling sick or bloated . |
| 3 | ‘ You belong to the SD now and Reichsführer Himmler , but it is me you answer to and no one else , so to start with : this message from your cousin in London . |
| 4 | But it is what they had feared . |
| 5 | But it is what we owe to Byrd , and it can only get easier the longer we spend with this daunting but rewarding music . |
| 6 | But it is you I want to stand behind me at my coronation three days from now . |
| 7 | ‘ It is a risk , but it 's something I have wanted to do for some time and I believe it is feasible . |
| 8 | But it 's them they do it |
| 9 | But it 's what we 've done in the past . |
| 10 | ‘ In a way it 's like going back to square one , and starting from scratch again , but it 's what we have to do . ’ |
| 11 | It 's naff , but it 's what he wants . ’ |
| 12 | But it 's what you say that counts . |
| 13 | But it 's one I do n't intend to waste . ’ |
| 14 | But it 's you he wants to see . |
| 15 | It did have , yes I , I mean it , it was n't that , but it was something you know that |
| 16 | She knew about anal sex , but it was something she 'd never been asked to do . |
| 17 | It would not be easy telling him to go but it was something she needed to do for her own peace of mind . |
| 18 | But it was something she did n't want to talk about . |
| 19 | The Prince had never publicly been so outspoken on such a politically sensitive subject , but it was something he felt he could not ignore . |
| 20 | But it was me she wanted to talk to now . |
| 21 | That would be the ultimate betrayal — but it was one she did n't need to suffer . |
| 22 | ‘ Sure it was different than what EMI had been expecting , a lot different , but it was what we 'd always wanted to do . ’ |
| 23 | But it was what they meant when they said ‘ Unified Unix . ’ |
| 24 | But it was what they meant when they said ‘ Unified Unix . ’ |
| 25 | But it was what she had wanted . |
| 26 | It was crude , a trifle unfinished and unformed — in any other Dream , she would have researched the externals rather than built on a whim — but it was what she wanted . |
| 27 | He was aware of the risks involved and that he was embarking on a kind of unnecessary surgery that could threaten his life , but it was what he wanted . |
| 28 | He had almost considered not buying the house , but it was what he wanted , and how was he to know that things would be any different in another district ? |
| 29 | I was walking in the fields , I do n't know who I was with , but it was someone I liked very much , a man . |
| 30 | But it was you they wanted to kill ! ’ |