Example sentences of "but [verb] it [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you do not feel the tinkling , repeat the hum but make it lower in pitch . |
| 2 | She gave me rather a long look but let it go at that . |
| 3 | Wright never deserved the four goals he got — he never did anything to get the ball but let it come to him and losing out a few times in the process when the defender took the ball away . |
| 4 | He was doing it again , saying one thing but making it sound like quite another . |
| 5 | The writing of the book was hardly more than half-way done , but did it need to be done here , ferchrissake ? |
| 6 | And the problem is that most of the time you know what you want to say , but does it correspond to what people want to hear , or read , or listen to ? |
| 7 | But does it apply to the case of the housewife ? |
| 8 | Dear god , everything is so wrong , look , it took you six days to make the world , but does it say in the bible that it took you fifteen days to design it , oh no you just got up and decided to make the world . |
| 9 | But does it have to be Curtains |
| 10 | But does it have to be Curtains |
| 11 | ‘ But does it have to be that way ? ’ |
| 12 | But does it have to be so complicated ? |
| 13 | But the gap between Christ and the eating not only emphasizes the vegetation , but makes it seem for a moment that it is the plants which are devoured : |