Example sentences of "it 's [adj] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know it 's late but … ’ |
| 2 | At the close of business , the one hundred index had managed to rally from it 's low but still ended down 30.3 points at 2064 and volly remained light with only 379 million shares traded . |
| 3 | I know it 's awful but what ? |
| 4 | it 's a bit erm it 's awful but erm |
| 5 | He says it 's awful but they do n't yet know the full facts . |
| 6 | It 's warm but Jean , you 're saving coal . |
| 7 | IT 'S strange but true : the earliest ancestors of the video camcorder are to be found in holes deep below ground which were inhabited by cave dwellers long before the dawn of recorded history . |
| 8 | So it 's strange but it 's er maybe it 's not so strange |
| 9 | It 's possible but it would not be a very natural switch . |
| 10 | It 's terrible but I find I do exactly the same with my children now : they come in from school and everything is dropped and I say ‘ pick them up ’ and I try to stop nagging them because I remember how much I hated it . |
| 11 | I don I sir I do n't think it 's really in bad taste and I know it 's terrible but it 's it 's got ta it 's out there to prove the point and it is the only way to prove it the revealing that is erm |
| 12 | It 's terrible but what can you do ? |
| 13 | I think it 's terrible but |
| 14 | Er it 's small but well it 's a reasonable kitchen |
| 15 | but it , it is it 's firm but not hard hard . |
| 16 | It 's sad but not surprising |
| 17 | It 's sad but I mean I think miles away you sort of not quite so bad , traumatic . |
| 18 | when we went back in the kitchen and it 's hot but |
| 19 | Brain of Britain — I 'm struggling with todays Sun crossword — I know it 's embarrassing but I 've only got a degree in Chemistry and we all know that chemistry students are amongst other things the partners of defenders with no brains , i.e Weatherall and Newsome . |
| 20 | But it it it 's tasteful but it 's not not too bad . |
| 21 | It 's odd but no I said he 's a bloody dark horse |
| 22 | I would have to confess that by American standards the er er the , er , directors of Pearson , the executive directors of Pearson and er , the chairman of Pearson and I think that the directors of most English companies are significantly underpaid by U S standards that 's not to say it 's right but , er , that seems to be the , er ha the current trend . |
| 23 | I know it 's right but that 's a laugh I think . |
| 24 | You know , Mrs it 's nice but , you know , you 've missed the r out , she said have a house point , she said |
| 25 | Yes it 's alright , it 's nice but |
| 26 | I it 's nice but it 's a bit , it 's a bit erm impractical , it looks , it look it 's not as thick as it looks , |
| 27 | Well , I was actually im , very impressed with the Underground cos I do , I have n't been to Euston before and the Underground is really I mean , it 's modern but it 's clean and it 's actually |
| 28 | It 's well worth investing in a packet of wild rice ; it 's expensive but you can add it to brown rice for a more exotic effect . |
| 29 | It 's expensive but worth it in the long run . |
| 30 | That does n't there 's when you 're off duty it 's great but when you 're on duty it 's different . |