Example sentences of "but it [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is an important qualification ( that doubt is normal only in our abnormal situation ) , but it allows us to appreciate something of the positive side of doubt . |
| 2 | Melanie wondered if she would have to take a tray to the basement but it seemed they had their own gas ring down there and brewed up continually for themselves . |
| 3 | This was an honorary and part-time position , but it enabled him to do his most effective and lasting work in Ireland , inspiring and helping the provost , after a period of political disruption , to revise the Statutes , establish regulations for degrees , appoint new staff and design new courses . |
| 4 | Not only did it meet the airline 's losses without the latter suffering any real penalty , but it enabled it to pursue its plans to take a 6 billion franc ( 37.5 per cent ) shareholding in the Belgian state-owned carrier Sabena , which was in an equally parlous financial state . |
| 5 | They 're beautiful of course , but it amused me to wonder which artists people in America would think about if you talked about English landscapes . |
| 6 | But it surprised you know what ? |
| 7 | But it made me think you must have been a friend of Hugh 's . |
| 8 | This was a side of her nature that she 'd kept hidden from me but it made me realise my feelings were justified . |
| 9 | But it amuses her to hear him lolloping and panting round our solid walls , she thinks he will always be Tame , as he is now . |
| 10 | This ‘ compensation ’ method of walking may seem to get the patient on his feet more quickly than the modern method , but it leaves him overusing his unaffected side , therefore he is constantly increasing and fighting against his spasticity . |
| 11 | It lasts for around five minutes and you ca n't work out exactly what it 's selling , but it leaves you wishing it carried on for hours . |
| 12 | Yeah , he 's , he 's into ev oh it must 've been about six or eight weeks ago he started saying a couple of things and I thought oh he 's coming now , but it stopped I think I got excited when he started saying dark , but that 's as far as it got , int it ? |
| 13 | But it seems we consoled ourselves by scoffing more chocs . |
| 14 | I sometimes worried that he did n't have enough time to see his own music but it seems he has it by memory . |
| 15 | He did it well , but it did nothing to improve his image within his own party . |
| 16 | But it did it give you a laugh though ? |
| 17 | But it makes me wonder what you were doing if you were worried I was watching ! ’ |