Example sentences of "[to-vb] it but [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every reasonable effort is made to provide it but if they merely demand ‘ everything you 've got ’ on a particular accident they are told firmly but politely that such a request is not acceptable . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | I replied that I was sorry to hear it but that I might return to him later , and enclosed a copy of Pursuit . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If the lavatory is inaccessible , down a corridor , or dark and cold , the child may be reluctant to use it but if the parent accompanies the child and waits , he or she can gradually learn confidence . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | What is important is that you realise that that number is minus one that number is one plus one if you like but you do n't need to say it but if th any , if the sign is n't there it 's assumed that it 's plus . |
| 8 | The pads are big enough to take it but when we a , you know that , when we had that problem about the er what 's a name coming up ? |