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 | 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 . |
| 3 | I stirred the potato powder into the liquid and would have begun eating but it was too hot . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I am obviously very pleased about winning but it was also great that my parents were here . |
| 7 | And everyone thought he was posing but it was actually who did it . |