Example sentences of "but it [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they suggest a dance to my companion , Wesley , there seems no harm — but it turns into a smooch . |
| 2 | When they suggest a dance to my companion , Wesley , there seems no harm — but it turns into a smooch . |
| 3 | When they suggest a dance to my companion , Wesley , there seems no harm — but it turns into a smooch . |
| 4 | There may be some truth in that , but it sounded like a bit of the old fustian all the same . |
| 5 | This distinguishes the criminal problem from the civil , but it sounds like a counsel of despair . |
| 6 | ‘ You said it ; the quartet , four plus Charlie , but it sounds like a football match , does n't it ? |
| 7 | Then , as we saw in the previous chapter , it was introduced in Scotland in 1989 and in England and Wales in 1990 , but it lasted for a very short period . |
| 8 | But it lasted for a good seven or eight years after the war was finished . |
| 9 | ‘ He was almost certainly lying , ’ Sergei said , ‘ but it seemed worth a try . ’ |
| 10 | Bri looked puzzled , but it seemed like a summons . |
| 11 | Men wounded by the cannon-fire were screaming and the band was playing , but it seemed like a rather ominous quiet . |
| 12 | She concedes , ‘ We are aware that a market for these Japanese artists does not yet exist , but it seemed like a good moment . |
| 13 | For many this is just costume dressing , but it points to a refinement of the relaxed creed now dominant in menswear , which is bound to filter through to high street shops in the next couple of seasons . |
| 14 | Convertibility eventually came in 1958 ; but it came with a fixed exchange rate . |
| 15 | None of this necessarily involved fighting between French and British , but it came at a time when the British Company was revising its policy of relying on the Moghul Emperor and on the successes of Englishmen outside India to protect its position . |
| 16 | But it came from a reliable source . |
| 17 | And the only bit of damp I 've got is in one corner of the house but it came from a blocked erm pipe . |
| 18 | But it happens in a whole range of programmes . |
| 19 | It was the longest operational tour flown by RAAF aircrews but it served as a classroom as it provided a huge fount of experience amongst crews that , in effect , provided a base for future RAAF units operating in South East Asia in the 1960 and 1970s . |
| 20 | Having no involvement with the GPC rules , it is a faster process , but it depends upon a large sight vocabulary . |
| 21 | Right , erm , as you 've heard , this policy is basically for your protection , but it does over a number of years , acquire a bit of savings . |
| 22 | The numbers against it were still high ( 250 ) , but it passed with a respectable majority and was ready for promulgation . |
| 23 | When it was founded , BCCI was worth $2.5 million , but it grew to a value of $20.4 billion ( £13 billion ) with operations in 60 countries . |
| 24 | In seventh-century Corinthian vase-painting beautiful outline drawing is still found , but it belongs to a special style which seems intimately related to free painting on a flat surface . |
| 25 | This bias was particularly strong during our Pre-Campaign Wave in March when Prime Minister Thatcher visited Moscow but it continued at a reduced level throughout the final campaign . |
| 26 | This act certainly constituted a legal precondition to the proclamation of Finland 's neutrality , but it coincided with a period in the mid and late 1950s when for various reasons the notion of neutrality in Europe suddenly gained a positive image among Soviet leaders . |
| 27 | You 'it acrorst the line o' the ball , I grant yer , but it come at a fair lick , one bounce . ’ |
| 28 | The year may have started a bit show but it finished with a flourish and we have achieved a tremendous recovery along the way . |
| 29 | War between Venice and Turkey broke out in 1571 , following the participation of Venetian ships in the Christian fleet which defeated the Turks at Lepanto , but it resulted in a stalemate in which neither side gained territory . |
| 30 | The doctor was rubbing her hands , probably to warm them , but it looked like a gesture of glee and greed . |