Example sentences of "but [subord] it [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was odd that he had n't thought about that but immediately it came back to him , the name of the exchange , though Hilbert 's phone had been disconnected . |
| 2 | But if it came on now … |
| 3 | While its hindquarters are towards you there is no real danger , but if it turns round and you can see its head you can bet that a bid to escape is pending . |
| 4 | You can not , for instance , turn someone into a surfing champion just because he 's at the seaside , but if it turns out that he has a genuine interest in fishing and some skills as a fisherman you can centre pictures and film on that . |
| 5 | But if it turns out that the units make an independent contribution , then there is a further level-of-analysis problem . |
| 6 | This is the usual case , but if it turns out that a particular file is very volatile the less restrictive system should be used . |
| 7 | Any sign of browning or other discolouration could be the onset of die-back , and if this is confirmed , you may be able to trim it away , but if it goes back below the node , you will have to prune back to the next growth bud irrespective of its direction . |
| 8 | But if it goes down that route , it will face some criticism from its members . |
| 9 | But if it goes out of control again , there is a one-in-three chance it will happen while beyond the reach of ground control . |
| 10 | Well they used to , if a battery could n't be , you can charge it up but if it breaks through from one cell to the other a a across with sediment in the bottom , so it gaps that cell and that cell so you can charge it forever because the one 's discharging the other with the sediment that 's arrested in the bottom cos i it 's like putting a connection across , so it never actually charges . |
| 11 | They 're really into all that here , but if it breaks down , boy you 're in trouble ; you ca n't busk that , especially if your ring modulator packs up and that cancels out your whoop pedal and all that . |
| 12 | Oh , it 'll burn your horn buds off , all right , but if it gets in among the food , that 's it . " |
| 13 | But if it comes on very suddenly or the swelling from retained fluid is very pronounced , it is a sign of pre-eclampsia and will require medical attention . |
| 14 | Wrangham 's theory remains tentative but if it stands up to further investigation it suggests that humans were primordially partrilineal . |
| 15 | I know , but if it works out that we have n't got the flat then what the fuck are we gon na do ? |
| 16 | If it does n't grow back , I 've accepted that it might not , but if it grows back I 'll be a very happy man . |
| 17 | If the detachment moves more than 8″ away from its regiment then it must use its own leadership value for tests , but if it moves back within 8″ it will regain the leadership benefit . |
| 18 | The small firm needling the big multinational may be only a nuisance for the time being , but if it latches on to a new and successful technology and makes all the right first-mover investments it may be tomorrow 's market leader . |
| 19 | But if it ended in , if ten is one of its factors then there 's a num another number that must be one of its factors . |
| 20 | I think so and that 's a fairly I mean it 's not gon na be heavy moral point here is it but while it shows up you can treat a woman as an object in this way do n't you think ? |
| 21 | ‘ As students at Edinburgh College of Art , we always said we would buy a castle and do it up , but when it came around to it most of them had been restored , but Lachlan knew of Ballone Castle near Portmahomack which was still derelict and persuaded the farmer to sell it . ’ |
| 22 | I never did , but when it came up for auction , it just seemed like it would make her smile , and the money was going to a good cause , too . |
| 23 | But when it came down to it , it was the people who did n't really know Lancashire who found Walter Machin impressive . |
| 24 | but when it come out me mouth , as soon as I said it I thought you should n't speak to people to people like that but I 'd said it had n't I ? |
| 25 | rate you have to add at first , you can drink it while it 's fermenting , it 's quite a refreshing drink a bit tart to my taste but when it ferments out it becomes er a liquor called Arak which is their version of . |
| 26 | There are , of course , many occupations in which similar demands of constant readiness are made , but when it goes on for twenty years or more it is inclined to upset a good domestic relationship . |
| 27 | ( The meeting started in a vegetarian restaurant but when it turned out that the table was already booked , we carried on outside , in a freezing wind . |
| 28 | But when it comes up for the real audit , what job , is it going to encourage jobs that are audited . |
| 29 | I 'm not gon na go over t what my colleague has said but what I do wan na know is when are the Labour Party gon na get hold of some issue and make some sort of mileage out of it , because we 've got a number of sponsored MPs and we ca n't get 'em off the doorstep at election time , but when it comes about doing summat for us and consider the fact that it affects many many people and we talk about the links that the Labour Party and the trade union has , I think the Labour Party 's already severed 'em , as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 30 | But when it comes down to concrete moral judgements and commitments , such abstractions will be found interpreted in opposing ways . |