Example sentences of "but [adv] [noun] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't remember what I actually said , but obviously Mandy misinterpreted it in some way . |
| 2 | But only Parliament ban it from private land . |
| 3 | Neil , Andy and Alyson all made it to the semi-final , but only Alyson made it through to the final , where she came fourth and received a medal for her achievement . |
| 4 | Normally her husband would make himself comfortable beside the fire , sometimes holding their child in his arms , and make small talk as she peeled the potatoes and washed the greens , but tonight Carrie knew it would be different . |
| 5 | Second half began in similar vein , but gradually Leeds lost it . |
| 6 | But yesterday McLean said it was Burgess who had been kicking and stamping on the victim . |
| 7 | IBM 's DF/SMS improves on these figures , but nonetheless Candle says it was approached by ‘ several large corporations ’ including AT&T Co , with disk farms containing many Terabytes of storage who asked them to help out . |
| 8 | But both sides knew it finally confirmed what they already knew . |
| 9 | It might not boast the Dreaming Spires of its illustrious near neighbour , but now Swindon hopes it too can become a distinguished seat of learning . |
| 10 | But today Sanjay strikes it lucky at 11.30 . |
| 11 | But immediately Hilton makes it clear that such a life-style involves an active life of its own if the peace that is sought is to be found , for it may not be had : This has been defined earlier as : Such an active component of spiritual endeavour is a concomitant of man 's temporal nature . |
| 12 | A plausible story , but then Edouard spoiled it by resisting going home . ’ |
| 13 | Yes but then Charlie did it . |
| 14 | Mr Goldin 's team started with a clean slate — but then Congress took it away and gave them one with lots already on it . |
| 15 | But again Hal believed it for the truth . |