Example sentences of "but it [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Skin itching worse ( < ) for heat , scratching ameliorates ( > ) but it turns to burning . |
| 2 | ‘ I forget what this Susan woman said exactly , but it sounded to me as though Chris Parker did n't like the idea at first . |
| 3 | His voice was muffled by the pillow , but it sounded to Cassie as if he were close to tears . |
| 4 | But it occurs to me that if they are having sex with their patients ( or clients ) regularly , this may well be the only useful thing they are doing for them . |
| 5 | The procedures look fine for the purchase of one-off and novel items , but it occurs to me that it would save time and effort if we established ‘ preferred suppliers ’ for standard PCs , printers , and peripherals , so that we do n't have to obtain multiple quotes and give reasons for supplier choice each time we order an off-the-shelf system . |
| 6 | But it sounds to me as though it 's taking something off the telephone , which is simple in n it ? |
| 7 | The Act provided no definition of a ‘ public place ’ , but it refers to any place to which the public have access , irrespective of whether or not they have a legal right to go there , even when there are particular and restricted rules of entry . |
| 8 | At first Sergeant Bramble thought it was one of the latest Atco motor-mowers but it seemed to be coming from above them . |
| 9 | Rumours of transatlantic bids persistently hover over Burmah but it seemed to be the suspected presence of SHV , the big Dutch group , that fuelled the price . |
| 10 | It ill becomes a foreigner to look in and pontificate on a short visit but it seemed to me that Australia as a rich country had given them only material goods , which merely sapped their self-sufficiency and their self-respect . |
| 11 | But it seemed to me that I had not properly answered his question and that he was really voicing the unthinking complaint of the people who lived in the little houses all over the world . |
| 12 | I wonder why things always happened on a Monday , but it seemed to be the case . |
| 13 | There was nothing else to cause alarm but it seemed to him that every now and then the dark object from which the movement came itself heaved a little , grew larger , and then fell back . |
| 14 | She tried to recall when she had last passed a house , an AA box , a public telephone , but it seemed to her that she had been driving through deserted countryside for at least ten minutes . |
| 15 | She could n't see who drove it , whether it was the familiar face of either Doyle or his companion , but it seemed to be keeping its distance . |
| 16 | They could see the train , but it seemed to be in a haze or a glowing flame . |
| 17 | He tried the door to the parcels office , but it seemed to be locked tightly . |
| 18 | It did n't make any noise , but it seemed to be impressing the humans no end . |
| 19 | Whether Mick would have proposed this he did not know ; he only knew that the desire had been there ; but it seemed to be the pattern that she and her uncle left together at dinnertime . |
| 20 | Until now she had never thought about Annie being interested in men , she was so reserved and proper , but it seemed to Carrie that Billy might have kindled a spark in the young woman . |
| 21 | Clara did not understand this story , but it seemed to her to tell of an emotion a size larger than pathos . |
| 22 | It was not so , at the beginning of each new term she found it was not so , but it seemed to be so , and the same mixture of guilt and hate and sorrow would strike her anew , each time as forcefully , each time she got off the train at Northam Station . |
| 23 | I 'm rather unprepared for this one admittedly , but it seemed to me that if you 're quoting a member of the absent hierarchy , you might as well hear er from , from a present member . |
| 24 | His wrist still throbbed from his fight with the Big Chicken but it seemed to be the only part of him that still had feeling ; the rest had retired bleeding but numbed into some secret cave of its own . |
| 25 | But it seemed to me that , had they loved one another well , they would have been able to support one another in their tragedy . |
| 26 | She spoke and understood more English than had at first appeared but it seemed to be English she had got from the Kettering children , so she was easily understood by Jacqueline who would run to her , climb on to her lap , whenever the maid sat down for a moment and stay there silent and apparently overawed . |
| 27 | At last she fell asleep , but it seemed to her that she woke up some time in the night . |
| 28 | Like so many of the visitors , though he was dressed in the bright overalls of the Men he stared for long periods into the Cages , but it seemed to Creggan that his staring was different from the others and less cruel . |
| 29 | But it seemed to Thomas that she was too doughty for him , somehow , and the hat finished it . |
| 30 | ‘ But it seemed to be an apology . |