Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Do n't ask me how — but I knew it without a shadow of a doubt . |
| 3 | But I , I mean I use it as a , that may be the psychology behind it , but I use it as a bad example of , for obvious reasons , and there 's a real bad example , and there may be some politics behind it , there 's What I think is a good example : ‘ Southeast Arts ’ sorry , ‘ Southeast Tourist Board , South of England Board . ’ |
| 4 | I ca n't read , but I took it to the priest and he read it to me . ’ |
| 5 | He recognized that this was contrary to the opinion of the pope and others at the papal court , but he put it forward as his own : ‘ others certainly may have thought of it , but I received it from no one ’ . |
| 6 | The Jolly Farmers has been demolished , but I remember it as a brick and pantile structure at the top end of the town . |
| 7 | That used to be a completely different tune ; I had the lyrics , but I played it on an open tuned National , then when I got the Strat and plugged it into an old Fender Vibrolux amp , it became what it became on record . |
| 8 | It could be just down to good digestion and calm dreams , of course ; but I take it as a sign of happiness . |
| 9 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 10 | But I put it at the bottom of the list and consider it can really be done without . |
| 11 | But I put it on the table because it is a risk . |
| 12 | I was bringing my own but I put it in the wrong pocket of my coat and it fell through the lining and smashed . " |
| 13 | " I could n't possibly afford the flat if I were renting it now , but I got it on a long lease just after the war , when rents were much less than they are today , " she said . |
| 14 | look I said I do n't mind vinyl , I do n't mind good vinyl the only good , the only one that , it was good for the toilet , but I got it in a pack cos we 've got such a small single toilet |
| 15 | ‘ But I regard it as a penance . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a great personal honour but I regard it as an honour for the club and the city of Leeds as well . ’ |
| 17 | " I know you come over a little shy when I talk about you this way , Chuck , but I do it for a good reason , " continued the senator , lighting a Havana cigar with elaborate care . |
| 18 | But I did it with a heavy heart , I can tell you . |
| 19 | But I did it through the love , fo , that I had for the couple , and that because they had waited sixteen year before they eventually found out they could n't have children ! |
| 20 | I know I should n't have gone near the sea , but I did it as a protest . |
| 21 | Er but I did it at a scale like erm one centimetre for o for every hour it 's blowing in that direction . |
| 22 | He said it 's my fault ; but I did it for the best . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It would have taken forty-five minutes by bus , but I did it in a quarter of an hour by bike , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Yeah but I want it for the men that 's going to alter the gas . |
| 25 | No , but I hang it in the garage which is |
| 26 | Tough shit really , but I soften it for the sake of the delicacies of future interaction . |
| 27 | Yeah but my done it in the morning go rush out to the post box |
| 28 | but she got it in the greens |
| 29 | The photo was in there , too , but she left it for the time being . |
| 30 | I used to go and fetch the , the butter from do n't bring margarine my father used to say we put better stuff on our machines so er I used to go to for my father kept foul , I used to fetch a peck of , bushel of this and a bushel of , you know all the various things that , bran and stuff for the foul yes , yes and I believe a lady , she has , she 's only recently died and but she kept it for a long long while Elsie her name was . |