Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had courage , but nothing to back it up . |
| 2 | There is plenty of money in the country , but nothing to spend it on . |
| 3 | But nothing matched it precisely . |
| 4 | A phone rang in the office beyond the desk , but no-one answered it . |
| 5 | The phone rang , but no-one picked it up . |
| 6 | But everyone says it would be a mistake to dismiss Mrs Shephard as ‘ a mumsy suburban type ’ , even though she shows some housewifey traits such as walking from Westminster to a West End restaurant in a pair of sensible shoes where she will then change into high heels carried in a plastic bag . |
| 7 | The last thing you 'd want to do would be enjoy yourself , but everyone says it was a happy release for Grandma . ’ |
| 8 | On holiday I teamed up with the nicest boy I 've ever met — but everyone says it 's just a holiday romance . |
| 9 | It 's a load of rubbish but everyone does it , everyone carries a gun . |
| 10 | But everyone accepts it . |
| 11 | But I meant it . |
| 12 | But I liken it to an opposition party in a parliament , or a critical press ; acting as a consclence and a brake , but not in power and unlikely to assume it . |
| 13 | But I knew it was the toad . |
| 14 | Visiting her had become part of my life but I knew it would not always be so ; twice I had been summoned to the hospital when she had seemed to be failing . |
| 15 | But I knew it would work , I knew it was the perfect register for it ; it was just a question of the right tonality and the right feeling . |
| 16 | It did n't feel like much at the time , but I knew it was him . |
| 17 | ‘ We sat on the sofa clinging on to one another until we stopped sobbing but I knew it was not over for her . ’ |
| 18 | Both babies would smile stickily when they saw me over the edge of the cot , which was gratifying in a way , but I knew it was only because they were programmed that way , like public relations men . |
| 19 | But I knew it was useless to try to make up for all his losses . |
| 20 | It is of little use to remember the answer to an examination question as you leave the room , or to say later with head in hands , " But I knew it so well " , surprised at your ability to remember it now but your inability to recall it at the time when you most needed it . |
| 21 | Later you will grunt in exasperated tones : " But I knew it so well ! " |
| 22 | She helped me as much as she could , but I knew it would take a long time to reach Estella 's level . |
| 23 | But I knew it was ultrasonics that made me afraid . |
| 24 | But it was not Maria ; a whiteness , a flowing whiteness , a long coat or a dressing-gown — I had only a second 's sight , but I knew it was a woman and I knew it was not an old woman . |
| 25 | She was still wearing her slinky felinoid disguise , with mask , but I knew it was her . |
| 26 | But I knew it would n't last . |
| 27 | Do n't ask me how — but I knew it without a shadow of a doubt . |
| 28 | I did n't enjoy deceiving Eric , but I knew it was necessary ; I could n't tell him I 'd done it because he would n't have understood why I 'd done it . |
| 29 | But before she could say anything , he was continuing , ‘ You said it was Arnie , but I knew it was n't . |
| 30 | I tried to tell myself it was purely physical and you were just an object of desire , but I knew it was more than that . ’ |