Example sentences of "[be] [adj] but [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chief Superintendent Large had been polite but made it clear that this was a matter for professionals and he had everything sewn up . |
| 2 | The banks say the Phoenix survey is too small to be representative but insist it 's up to customers to check statements . |
| 3 | tendency if you talk about it you 'd be honest but to write it on a form you 'd be |
| 4 | Just why is unclear but follow it and , four miles before Gubbio , a road branches off to the beautiful region of Monte Maggiore . |
| 5 | Police in Cambridge said that the explosion was minor , adding : ‘ To say it exploded is correct but putting it strongly — it apparently fizzed . ’ |
| 6 | The judge was impressed but reckoned it was in the wrong section . |
| 7 | They also suggest that their choice of index was incorrect but justify it by pointing out that it included both industrial and financial sectors and so could not have any undue bias . |