Example sentences of "but [prep] [det] [noun] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for several years it remained extremely basic , with only small , medium and large sizes remotely possible so long as the styles were kept simple . |
| 2 | But for both men it had been a spectacular and formative trip . |
| 3 | The film starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine was a huge success , but for some people it left too many questions unanswered . |
| 4 | Stephen said this very seriously but for some reason it made the wedge-faced sergeant guffaw . |
| 5 | And it was such an obvious explanation that she ought to have thought of it herself , but for some reason it had never for one moment crossed her mind . |
| 6 | Now that cape , it would be raining on it all night , and we had no means of drying it so that cape was left on a hanger in the house and the next coat was taken and that was worn but for some reason it seemed to be always raining on nights and you had coat wet and you came to go out it was still damp . |
| 7 | His head banged against the wall when they reached the landing , but for some reason it did n't hurt at all . |
| 8 | This seemed to me a perfectly reasonable statement , but for some reason it set Nigel off laughing . |
| 9 | Normally the building was the repair shop and garage for thirty AMX-10 battle tanks , but for this evening it had been converted into a temporary church with the aid of some camouflage nets , 300 chairs and a platform where a nativity play would be staged , and from which the Priest would read out the lesson . |
| 10 | Carpets , being a dusty product makes display stands look neglected , but after this treatment it stood out amongst its rivals . |
| 11 | For a few horrible moments I thought the motor would n't fire , but after several pulls it caught , then I just hooked my overnight bag over one shoulder , took the tiller and made for the shore , which looked so close that I felt I could have swum across . ’ |
| 12 | But against this theory it has been argued that over large parts of the zebra 's range , insects are not a major problem , so without further analysis the idea is once again inconclusive . |
| 13 | It was hard — might possibly have been cruel but with most pupils it worked . |
| 14 | Interestingly , the word ‘ Riserva ’ ( spelt thus ) is also applied to Italian Chianti — but in that case it means the wines are three years old before being bottled . |
| 15 | Tritsch Tratsch lasts only about three minutes but in that time it does not waste a second . |
| 16 | It was designed as a safety net , but in many respects it has now become a high wire for farmers . |
| 17 | It 's been known for some time that dioxins are created when chlorine is used to make paper white , but in many situations it 's been difficult to find substitutes . |
| 18 | But in many ways it 's been enlightening , exciting , stimulating , and above all enjoyable . |
| 19 | I 've never been a fan of compressors for guitars , but in this case it makes quite a lot of difference when it comes to creating and controlling a guitar sound . |
| 20 | The nominal subject of such quarrels is of course secondary to the couple 's need to hurt each other , but in this case it appeared to centre on the Parsons ' childlessness . |
| 21 | The tale is all too familiar , but in this case it has a tragic poignancy : Leopold 's heart was broken by his son 's defection , and the rift between them remained unhealed even at the old man 's death . |
| 22 | Again it is generally definable only through social custom but in this case it has more significance since the breaking of social taboo may have adverse effect on the child . |
| 23 | But in this society it does n't . |
| 24 | ‘ Swagger ’ , in its earliest , Shakespearean use , conveys insolent pretension , but in this exhibition it refers specifically to conspicuously glamorous likenesses , from Van Dyck in the 1630s to Philip de Laszlo in the 1920s . |
| 25 | It 's said the engine is the same as any injected 1.6 but in this car it feels torquier , much smoother , more eager and quieter , though this could be as a result of top-down wind roar . |
| 26 | across a lot of papers but in this paper it starts er and as Mr just said it starts as far as incr increments , erm do we know at this time or can we be informed as soon as were informed , where of what , whether implement are erm , like , are restricted by the , the Chancellor 's statement , do we know or , are have we got ta wait ? |
| 27 | The term de-industrialisation has several meanings but in this section it refers to the argument that public expenditure pulls human and capital resources out of the manufacturing sector of the economy . |
| 28 | I have told this story umpteen times before , but in this context it bears repeating . |
| 29 | But in some cases it seems more probable that they are deliberately engineered by the virus to help it to travel from one host to another . |
| 30 | This sometimes led to productive and satisfactory change ; but in some classrooms it resulted in confusion as procedures became separated from their underlying objectives , and as teachers strove to balance the conflicting demands of a mixture of well-tried and untried practices , of a wide variety of grouping strategies , and of many different activities going on simultaneously in their classrooms . |