Example sentences of "but it [be] [pos pn] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Germany has taken on board much of the Social Charter but it is its economy we are all trying to match . ’ |
| 2 | He would have done better to have given everything to the boy outright , but it is my belief he did not want Benedict to lose touch with his godmother . ’ |
| 3 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 4 | But it 's her house I mean they ai n't got no chi children or feel like saying to her whatever do you keep him there for . |
| 5 | I think they should get rid of the stigma in condoms , cos what frightens me is that in about ten years time my daughter will come and maybe ask if she can go on the pill and at least I can tell her no , use a condom there 's less chance of sexually transmitted diseases , but it 's my sons they wo n't come and ask . |
| 6 | But it 's my legs I 'm worried about — they feel like lumps of concrete . |
| 7 | His great serve and forehand are technical merits , but it 's his drive which singles him out . ’ |
| 8 | But it was their hostess who was the most elegant . |
| 9 | The success of these personalised clocks mean business is ticking along nicely for Graham and Julia Sale , but it was their daughter who got them going . |
| 10 | All of them were richly dressed , but it was their hair which attracted Rostov 's attention at once . |
| 11 | On March 7th , against Wales at Twickenham , we all witnessed at least two acts of complete thuggery when not only were English players stamped on but it was their heads which came in for rough treatment . |
| 12 | Paige felt her heart thudding wildly in her chest , but it was her aunt who spoke first . |
| 13 | It did open , at seven minutes past , but it was her father who entered the kitchen . |
| 14 | There was an urgency about the way he moved which caught Alice 's attention , but it was her husband who spoke first . |
| 15 | He broke all records , but it was my mother who filled in the forms . |
| 16 | Leith was having difficulty in equating this caring-sounding Naylor with the aggressive brute she had tangled with last night when Travis revealed , ‘ But it was my mother who rang him on Friday and , it seems , confessed — something I 'd been too preoccupied to have noticed — that she 'd been worried about me for some while . |
| 17 | By the sixth week , Charlie could strip and clean a rifle almost as quickly as Tommy , but it was his friend who turned out to be a crack shot and seemed to be able to hit anything that moved at two hundred yards . |
| 18 | But it was his partner who drew and held Lindsey 's gaze . |