Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] [adv] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know it 's isolated here but it 's close to the beach which would be nice for the baby . ‘ |
| 2 | I du n no quite how erm er much er of other people 's conversation it 's picking up but it 's probably picking me up er |
| 3 | It 's flying fast but approaching incredibly slowly — it 's pressing itself towards me and waving and kicking so that I 'm getting bruised all over . |
| 4 | Sadly , it 's sold out but never take anything like that for gospel , for in my experience , there are always a few seats to be had if you take the trouble to hunt for 'em . |
| 5 | But gradually it 's sunk in but when I 'm there it will probably seem like a dream . |
| 6 | and be counted , but I think we 've tended to stand back and just say well we know it 's going on but what is actually being done to these |
| 7 | A confrontation with the child can work when food is offered at regular meal-times and if it is refused it is thrown away but nothing else is offered in its place . |
| 8 | Like all provocations it is meant seriously but not solemnly . |
| 9 | Yeah well as I say I I lived in the east end of London and that that 's how it was done there but I dare say that other places organized it |
| 10 | Cos that was when Helen and Tommy 's erm wife left their clothes on there thinking it was staying there but it never , it came back . |
| 11 | Really , what we needed to do was to read through make sure that it was covered adequately but on the other hand , if they 've come across something twice and not if i , if it was in brackets I did n't count it , did you do |
| 12 | It was built successfully but two attempts to emulate and balance it soon ran into difficulties . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was closed now but a dry leaf marked a place . |
| 15 | As for the ROK , it was divided politically but dominated by the intransigent Syngman Rhee . |