Example sentences of "but [vb -s] it [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the public humiliation of being dropped from the side ; the autocratic style of managers , who were themselves as afraid and insecure as their players ; the refusal to let good players use their natural talent to play , forcing them through repetitive training ‘ systems ’ and naïve ‘ game plans ’ ; the petty jealousies of the players , their hierarchies , and childish pranks ; the fear of the new signing , who has to be included at the expense of an old friend ; the view of a match from ‘ the inside ’ when you know a team-mate does not want the ball but wants it to look as if you will not give it to him . |
| 2 | ‘ But has it occurred to you that you are totally off-target ? ’ |
| 3 | Tanya Lake has just passed PE2 , first time as with all her exams , but says it came as no surprise to her when her audit partner at Chantrey Vellacott told her that her contract would not be renewed . |
| 4 | Sheldrake does not totally discount the role of the DNA in genetic programming , but feels it works in conjunction with the fields to guide cell growth and direction . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | But does it apply to the case of the housewife ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But does it have to be Curtains |
| 9 | But does it have to be Curtains |
| 10 | ‘ But does it have to be that way ? ’ |
| 11 | But does it have to be so complicated ? |
| 12 | 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 : |