Example sentences of "[v-ing] but it [be] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 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
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 People always think we ignore them when they 're waiting but it is n't really like that .
5 I stirred the potato powder into the liquid and would have begun eating but it was too hot .
6 Editing a program you like is fine if you know what you 're doing but it 's too easy to spend hours fiddling with the EQ to get the distortion to sound just so , when getting the right room size is the element that makes the sound .
7 It is running but it 's not showing us anything
8 The idea of devoting one 's career to helping the other fellow on his way , rejoicing , may be ennobling but it is sometimes more evident in theory than in practice .
9 If they were going along trying to open shop doors , they could go in as a suspected person loitering but it was n't looked upon very favourably by the courts .
10 I was fighting but it was not enough , ’ Edberg said .
11 ‘ I am obviously very pleased about winning but it was also great that my parents were here .
12 And everyone thought he was posing but it was actually who did it .
13 And , well , I just felt it had been worth trying but it was n't going to work .
14 Or if they do evaluate then it 's to say it 's not working but it 's not our fault , there could n't possibly be anything wrong with our thinking on this subject or this issue .
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