Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] but " in BNC.
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1 | Oh he said oh I 'd like to give it all a good he wants to clean it there 's always something on the floor , it 's like a erm lino , it 's probably but all bigger squared |
2 | Most times it 's both but it 's mainly the the left hand side with Jenny . |
3 | I know it 's really but I do n't know whether they have a Casino there . |
4 | It 's quite but what I 'm I mean where would you put your fridge ? |
5 | But what we ca n't , it 's absolutely but if you write it in all the other divisions have got to do it as well . |
6 | I ca n't , I ca n't remember precisely even so I think it , it , it 's Walsall 's loss that they have n't got an airport any more , it , it 's purely but erm they , they did have a lot of s divided up into a lot of sports fields at one time did n't they but the people who 've , is it the M E B who control those buildings now ? |
7 | You do n't know that it 's there but I do . |
8 | he would n't have to see it , he could just know it 's there but then why does he say , I imagine it |
9 | And I 've seen chairs like that , I 've seen I do n't know whether it 's there but a couple of places , bedroom chairs , gorgeous things , you know ! |
10 | There 's a nice little car up here , that Chevrolet thing I do n't know who 's selling it like , du n no how much it is even but it 's a nice little car . |
11 | I do n't know how long it 's going to go on for , or what it is exactly but I thought it would be a good idea to ring your dad up and see . |
12 | Nobody knows what it is yet but it 's hot . |
13 | Well I suppose it is basically but no flute that 's what we were looking for . |
14 | You do n't erm the other day I thought to myself I 'll walk up , see if that shop 's still there and by the time , you know er I was dreaming obviously , and I 'd walked by , I 'd got time actually , I was killing time so er I thought oh you silly I said er you 've still not er found out , so I went back and it is there but it 's not some , it 's not a shop |
15 | This is what Moser calls ‘ quasi-random ’ sampling in that it is almost but not quite random . |
16 | and er he said to himself there 's something I , I , I do n't know what it is necessarily but there is something , go to a specialist and the specialist was very very good you know blah blah blah blah you want some te I want some tests , you know , so I had some tests , you know and the crew that were doing the tests they knew what they were looking for and they either found it or they did n't , do n't know . |
17 | Well , it , it , it looked very similar , not quite as good as it is now but er , it was n't no where near as wide of course . |
18 | I do n't know whee it is now but it was there . |
19 | He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night . |
20 | Mm but I , I mean I can use it as it is now but anything else on to it I would find it difficult . |
21 | I know what it is now but |