Example sentences of "[prep] it but [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Con seemed oblivious of it but in the enclosed space I found it overpowering . |
| 2 | He sees the burgeoning Green awareness as a step towards it but at the moment it could be a step towards almost anything . |
| 3 | Once he has found a group , the male stays with it but at a reasonable distance of perhaps 30 or 40 m ( 100–130 ft ) . |
| 4 | Other examples in the Renaissance include the malcontent who haunts the very power structure which has alienated him , seeking reinscription within it but at the same time demystifying it , operating within and subverting it at the same time ; the revengers whose actions constitute an even more violent bid for reinscription within the very society which has alienated and dispossessed them ; the assertive women , the ‘ women on top ’ described by Natalie Zemon Davis who simultaneously appropriate , exploit , and undermine masculine discourse . |
| 5 | And sub-section ( 4 ) defines ‘ relevant employee shares ’ as ‘ shares of the company which would be relevant in it but for the fact that they are held by a person who acquired them in pursuance of an employees ’ share scheme ’ |
| 6 | There was nothing for it but for the two young men themselves to go to Lucy 's aid so , clearing their minds of any impure notions , they darted forward and seized her humming body , one by the shoulders , the other by the knees . |
| 7 | I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best . |
| 8 | We argued about it but in the end he agreed I had to tell the Josephs . |