Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] but it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it sort of er er gave them lee a , ladies leeway who wanted to work after they were married , some married and then could they come back well they could n't keep me on and not let them work you see , so oh yes it was mostly married women , there were a lot of married women there when I left , but erm it sort of set a precedent I suppose for , for them but it did , it did them some good really . |
| 2 | The doctor told me they were strong : in fact he prescribed them for me but it seems more logical to give them to Mum since it 's her that stops me sleeping . |
| 3 | He , he was a real friendly guy and like I say he never said cheerio before he went , but one day he just painted his aircraft up with the D-day landing signs which we did n't know at the time and the next day he was gone of course it was very much top secret that was but the town just emptied of all Americans it was like a ghost town after them but it had been previously . |
| 4 | They could see their pals being shot down in front of them but it made no difference . |
| 5 | They 're not actually prepared to go in to diagnosing dementia which I think is very wise of them but it means that you could then get into a very interesting discussion about whether we 're talking about people with dementia or about people who are simply confused . |
| 6 | It must be an a , because he , he , he , he said he 'd got chance of one but it did whacking great six inch er sixteen inch wheels on ! |
| 7 | He then picked up a stool and brought it down towards her but it smashed a ceiling light . |
| 8 | Surprisingly , it did not feel too cold and Endill stood for a moment trying to see the end of it but it disappeared into darkness . |
| 9 | There 's a follow-up series on a Sunday evening now called king of something , king of ca n't think of the name , ca n't remember the name of it but it starts this Sunday evening at nine o'clock |
| 10 | Er , summat had ran into back of bus , I do n't know what it 'd done to , whatever behind us but it did n't hurt bus . |
| 11 | He had taken a bottle of cough mixture with him but it had n't helped much . |
| 12 | The official regatta has virtually nothing to do with it but it does give farmers with riverside frontage an extra source of income … which has reached six figures , although not this year . |
| 13 | It was not quite what she envisaged for herself but it had the advantage of being cheap and it went some way towards satisfying Grace , who was convinced that London was a den of iniquity waiting to swallow up her unsuspecting daughter . |
| 14 | This was a side of her nature that she 'd kept hidden from me but it made me realise my feelings were justified . |
| 15 | ‘ Being the eternal replacement is not only a bit boring in itself but it does damage . |
| 16 | Jezrael hugged him tighter as if to hold the life in him but it trickled out around her . |
| 17 | It was a wedding present actually but she said he do n't bother with it , it 's behind a chair now , the fish are still in it but it 's stuck behind a chair . |
| 18 | They did bring out Times Small Ads and I did try and do a Bible in it but it did n't work . |
| 19 | We will be looking for another assignment for him but it looks unlikely until next winter . ’ |
| 20 | It 's alright for her but it does n't suit us . |
| 21 | It was not appropriate for the son to care for her but it became too much for the daughter-in-law , who was admitted to psychiatric hospital with a nervous breakdown , and the problems were referred to the local area social service office . |
| 22 | Now er in the in the An engineer if you 've any engineer friend engineering friends I could explain it all to you but it takes time . |
| 23 | It was soul-destroying to him but it gave him money for his wife and child . |
| 24 | I thought I 'd got over it but it seems to have come back . |
| 25 | You may choke on it but it screams ‘ success ’ to the multinationals . |
| 26 | South east also doing well and in the south east , looking at the it seems to be the case , one ca n't put too strong an el too strong erm a sort of weight on it but it seems to be the case that in the south east it 's the food , drink and tobacco sector and chemicals which are tending to , to lead the way there erm Scotland also strong export demand . |
| 27 | Chauveau added : ‘ I know Peterborough are very upset about it but it does n't change the fact that one moron behind the goal ruined it for everybody . ’ |
| 28 | forget about it but it does n't matter mind . |