Example sentences of "it be [adv] [adj] [verb] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did n't get the plates , I 'm gon na get them tomorrow , it 's too awkward to carry but I generally get nothing exciting . |
| 2 | It 's fairly entertaining to watch but commits the cardinal sin of not identifying individual players . |
| 3 | It is sometimes hard to get but it is there . |
| 4 | Possible legislation could enshrine the principle that it is always wrong to kill but establish a set of circumstances under which a suitable qualified person would be exempt from prosecution for agreeing to a patient 's request to help end his or her life , Prof McLean went on . |
| 5 | The problem for many people today is not that it is too difficult to believe but that it is too easy . |
| 6 | It was n't vital to come but I thought I ought to . |
| 7 | It was quite sad to leave but I was looking forward to starting my new school . |