Example sentences of "[verb] but it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | W.H. Chaloner writes that during eight years between '58 & '67 a total of 904 tons of ore were made ready for smelting ; Sir Michael le Fleming , the new Lord , receiving dues amounting to £376 : 15s. : 0d. it is not known where the main ore dressing floor was located but it was probably on the site of the 19th century floors — near the present youth hostel . |
| 2 | Parts are still at this time being occupied but it is almost certain before long that the whole of the building will be condemned and we hope that this old building will be preserved and not allowed to fall into decay . |
| 3 | And they 'll check that out for you and we 'll see what 's happening but it 's just in case there 's any arthritis or anything like that that 's |
| 4 | Well I do n't know but it 's still going . |
| 5 | The expansion of forestry by means of a policy of attrition and isolation of farms is occurring but it is not necessarily a process which in the long term will lead to a reasonable balance of land use . |
| 6 | Jack tried but it was quite impossible ; the button , like the steering wheel , was red hot . |
| 7 | Never went out till Friday because it was , they went walking but it was so windy cos they 're here and the garden 's sort of down to a field and then it 's all fields and fields and fields and the wind just comes across like gales all the time . |
| 8 | That 's fine as you can have whatever opinion you want but it is still not your baby and therefore you can not decide what should be done . |
| 9 | Yeah and the best bit about it is I have n't started to indicate but it was still a dangerous place to overtake . |
| 10 | He did not succeed but it was not for lack of trying . |
| 11 | I wrote and thanked him on behalf of the Council for what he 'd done but it 's now a question of finding somebody who can match it . |
| 12 | The Japanese were obviously being defeated but it was far from certain when this would finally be accomplished . |
| 13 | It must have been about the turn of the century the er Times newspaper ran a competition and it wa , the competition was a very simple one , difficult to answer but it was very simply put it was asking for people to write in letters and essays , and features and articles on , what was wrong with the world . |
| 14 | The squash had an undertaste that I could n't identify but it was n't unpleasant and I happily drank it . |
| 15 | It was one of those gorgeous early mornings when the sun has just risen but it 's still dark enough to see the brightest stars . |
| 16 | I know what I 've got ta do but it 's just doing it |
| 17 | It 's something she would naturally do but it was not the job alone that spurred the gentleman to buy her flowers . |
| 18 | Madam er deputy speaker , there is a feeling abroad in the country that an audit certificate is rather like an M O T certificate , it 's good for the minute that it was granted but it is perfectly useless thereafter . |
| 19 | Erm there are differing work practices which I try to erode but it is very difficult |
| 20 | that 's er one of those upright ones in there she said yeah I thought Claire might be interested in that and so I was thinking it was like the ones we 've seen but it 's not , it 's completely round and it 's on erm like a stand like that , you know , it 's an upright |
| 21 | I do n't mind but it 's just not fair at all |
| 22 | It 's often Overlooked but it is probably the single most beneficial part — having a good time . |
| 23 | Very clear and pretty complete account really of , of what I 've you to cover but it was quite a lot of ground erm she went over and er some of it may be less easy to understand than other bits . |
| 24 | I think there 's a pride that , that the majority of firemen are , are fairly clean and smart erm there are the odd ones that have to be told but it 's not the same sort of discipline now as there was , and I 'm not sure whether it 's right or wrong , all I see I , I enjoy the discipline when I had it , I sometimes wish it was brought back but er it 's not the time now it seems for that type of discipline , so I think they manage well but er I would like to see a little more but perhaps I 'm a bit old fashioned . |
| 25 | People always think we ignore them when they 're waiting but it is n't really like that . |
| 26 | The value of T g depends on the way in which it is measured but it is also found to be a function of the polymer chain length . |
| 27 | When lost-wax casting came in , tin-bronze was used but it was gradually replaced by zinc-brass . |
| 28 | ‘ Everyone likes to win but it is more important to produce first-team players . |
| 29 | You have up here you 've got neither win lose but it 's like it 's a respectable thing you know you respect each other you do n't trust them completely and you do n't co-operate completely but they just respect just not you 're just not willing to go that further little bit and it becomes more of a more of a rather than a win lose or a win win it 's more of a people half and half okay I 'll give this much if you give that much . |
| 30 | I do n't know what you eat but it 's certainly not very nourishing . |