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

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1 And just keep a record of the time that I recorded it and er a little bit I 've just got to give the first names of the people that were talking but it 's done anonymously so there 's no no problem with that .
2 Turning points in relationships , too , are often mapped out in this way — a quarrel , a meeting , a reconciliation may mark the moment of ‘ conception ’ ; one knows that a new phase is beginning but it does not become openly apparent until this nine-month span has past .
3 Erm I just wonder whether it might not have been better to move round a little bit to the left so we could have seen the lady 's hand and sa as well er er and as well as her face , you know , we 've got ta get we can see what she 's doing , know what she 's doing but it 'd been nice if you could have included her hands .
4 It was emptying but it 's started filling up again .
5 I did n't realize what I was saying but it proved to be true .
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