Example sentences of "but it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lady Anne looks different tonight but 't is a difference I can not fathom . |
| 2 | ‘ But 't would not show — not like our clothes ! ’ |
| 3 | But 't is only October , she thought , and the weather as yet is mild . |
| 4 | I should have loved thee as well as my mother did if … but 't is all over now . |
| 5 | PAMELA : I believe I am , but 't is but very little sir . |
| 6 | BELVILLE : I know , my dear , I left you in great anxiety but 't is an anxiety you have brought upon yourself , and I have not been easy ever since I parted from you . |
| 7 | ‘ But 't is a common proof |
| 8 | But it is possible to have a covenant which lasts for a longer period , provided that the period is specified in the Deed . |
| 9 | But it is a pain that many families are having to live with as the number of those dying of AIDS increases . |
| 10 | Torture of political detainees in Mauritania has been routine since 1986 , but it has never before been used on such a scale . |
| 11 | ‘ There is nothing I can do , ’ said the King , as she was dragged away , ‘ I can see those in charge , but it 's now in the hands of the Justice people . ’ |
| 12 | Art is not , as the metaphysicians say , the manifestation of some Idea of beauty or God ; it is not , as the aesthetic physiologists say , a game in which man lets off his excess of stored-up energy ; it is not the expression of man 's emotions by external signs ; it is not the production of pleasing objects ; and , above all , it is not pleasure but it is a means of union among men joining them together in the same feelings , and indispensable for the life and progress towards wellbeing of individuals and humanity . |
| 13 | For the latter catalogue Barr chose the Surrealist writer Georges Hugnet to write a historical essay , but it was Barr 's intelligent advocacy and choice of works that made the show such a significant affair . |
| 14 | The imperative for a writer of a chronological survey is that a defined period of time is covered ; this may be linked with a theme , such as the history of styles in Gombrich 's case , but it is unlikely to be linked solely with a spotlight on quality . |
| 15 | In the seventeenth century Louis XIV had a sculpture park at Versailles , but it surrounded his palace , and was more formally designed by Le Nôtre , who needed sculptures for the focal points of his avenues . |
| 16 | Joseph Noble , the observant administrator , announced to an audience of eight hundred , ‘ It 's famous , but it 's a fraud . ’ |
| 17 | This fuller appreciation may result from a short or a long article , even occasionally some unexpected insight or well-phrased judgement ; but it will not come from a brief comment off the cuff , an item of gossip , or a mere listing . |
| 18 | You may say that it is feeble in colour and monotonous in tone — it may be so , but it touches the heart , it arrests the attention ; and what is the use of all your correct drawing and pure tints , and skill in light and shade , if your subject leaves me cold and unaffected . |
| 19 | But it seems clear that this one bears the marks of defeat and despair , and of a reprisal directed at the liberal England which has let the violator down . |
| 20 | But it is between coups , or unrests , and has lately been smashed and looted . |
| 21 | But it does not take long to decide that the experiment is being conducted with skill , and that the pursuits have at least a little in common . |
| 22 | This appears to be a key point , but it is one that is left controversial . |
| 23 | But it rises to many of its ferocious and grievous occasions . |
| 24 | The attitude to time might tell us what he thinks , but it is the most inscrutable aspect of the novel . |
| 25 | The motto refers to a dynastic permanence ; but it could be stolen for this novel , where a ‘ now and always ’ is on show . |
| 26 | Imposture is shown in Ackroyd 's novel , in this burlesque of the literary life , to be an interesting business , but it is unlikely to cause Chatterton 's reputation to inch back towards what it was in the retrospects of the Romantic period . |
| 27 | It plays with such ideas , to a Shavian pitch of exaggeration : but it is not a novel of ideas , any more than it is a heartless game . |
| 28 | But it seems safe to say that there are circumstances in which litost and glasnost can be recognised as enemies , and that this enmity can be recognised in the novel Life is elsewhere . |
| 29 | But it can scarcely be in doubt that these books have in them home truths , and an ironic obliquity or duplicity , which richly relate to the world of Jaruzelski 's predecessors , and indeed to the experience of other countries where literature and opinion have been repressed . |
| 30 | That there was a pattern for her in Lermontov 's novel is conceivable : but it ca n't be claimed that it fits her with exactitude , or that it provides an explanation of her conduct . |