Example sentences of "but it [be] [noun] and " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He says we 're not expecting too many problems , but it is Liverpool and there is a known criminal following . |
| 2 | But it is fugitive and becomes absorbed into the infinite like vapour . |
| 3 | But it 's muck and the wood they leave there , the tools they leave at night ! |
| 4 | The doctor says it 's her only chance , but it 's touch and go , seemingly , and she 's asking for you . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But it 's miles and miles away from London . ’ |
| 6 | Later , I was still disturbed by Mick 's comments , but it was Sunday and self-pity was always sweeter then . |
| 7 | I can remember it well , it was lit by gas e even in these days you know it would have been all electric light but it was gas and er we had erm , I would go for engineering drawing and maths probably I think . |
| 8 | Proposals for a Trans-Siberian had been made since the 1850s , but it was famine and political disorder in the East at the beginning of the last decade of the century which finally prompted the building of the line . |
| 9 | But it was music and shapes trying to move with the music . |
| 10 | ‘ I held my tongue , and spake nothing : I kept silence , yea even from good words ; but it was pain and grief to me ’ the minister droned his voice thin in the unfamiliar acoustics . |
| 11 | But it was Hayling and John Hoyland , Chris Walsh 's new assistant , who knew exactly how it could be done . |
| 12 | It tasted dry , like pasteboard , but it was food and I could n't remember the last time I had eaten . |
| 13 | Other literary sources , including Paradise Lost , have been identified with detective zeal , but it was Culbone and Somerset which provided much of the rest . |
| 14 | The president was well informed on both the oil industry in Colombia and LASMO 's involvement in it , but it was rock and roll which provided a high point at the end of the meeting when Lord Rees presented him with a specially acquired gold disc of his favourite group , the Rolling Stones . |
| 15 | He met them with a drawn sword , but it was Gwion and Colban and a score of others armed with staves , kitchen knives and clubs . |
| 16 | But it was touch and go at Munich . |
| 17 | But it was touch and go all the way . |
| 18 | Not a great place to spend five or six hours if an early start is required , but it was Christmas and we were in celebratory mood . |
| 19 | Patrick Chauvel and I could see things were about to happen in Panama , Noriega had declared war on America , but it was Xmas and only a few of us went there . |