Example sentences of "but it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to hold the pen , but it zig-zagged all over the paper like that Planchette thing her father had used long ago . |
| 2 | ‘ Liverpool have exploited that but it first came to me many years ago in a charity match at Newcastle . |
| 3 | Feel like Pam Ayres , the rhymes are no problem , but it all comes out doggerel . |
| 4 | After his fine defensive effort in the opening game , Speelman 's supporters had high expectations for the second game , in which he had the white pieces , but it all went horribly wrong . |
| 5 | None of it was remarkable , but it all added up . |
| 6 | But it all depends on who your new manager is . |
| 7 | It was sensible , as Mrs Thatcher had , ‘ to counsel caution in the maelstrom , but it all depends on whether you 're saying that in order to guide events in a steady fashion or whether you 're using it as an alibi to do nothing . |
| 8 | Bullfighting may be about grace and beauty , a poetic dance between man and beast , but it all comes down to the kill . |
| 9 | Forty-five minutes in the gym is technically compulsory , but it all depends what is happening . |
| 10 | But it all depends on the treatment . |
| 11 | ‘ But it all depends on the pressures , does n't it ? ’ |
| 12 | But it all seemed very appropriate and did n't seem like a headstrong , desperate manoeuvre in any sense . |
| 13 | Much of the hay had already been stacked , but it all seemed quite safe . |
| 14 | But it all worked because it was properly planned , supported and monitored . |
| 15 | This trend for library guides to be more flexible , to be better designed or to be tailored more to the needs of the user is encouraging , but it all goes for nought if the user does not use them . |
| 16 | The locals say they believe he was a swine thief , but it all seemed a bit serious to represent merely the chase and capture of a robber who stole pigs belonging to the monks of Jervaulx Abbey . |
| 17 | But it all gets rather over-powering when the sun shines . |
| 18 | Seven goals in as many games caught Graham Taylor 's eye but it all went wrong with a missed chance early in his England debut against Spain in September . |
| 19 | IT NEEDED a firework display last night by all three English sides battling to stay in Europe — but it all turned out as a damp squib . |
| 20 | Owner Michael Jackson said yesterday : ‘ I do n't think he had much of a race on Sunday , but it all depends on whether he has recovered . ’ |
| 21 | But it all starts with the midfield . |
| 22 | But it all started long before that . |
| 23 | But it all nearly went horribly wrong as Benn cursed the ‘ scumbags ’ who tried to rob him of this title . |
| 24 | It 's a lovely country , the food 's nice and the weather 's great — but it all centres around playing and getting the football right . |
| 25 | Negotiations went ahead but it all got a bit bizarre because at the time Barry 's manager was called Larry , his road manager was called Gary and his assistant was called Harry — so we had Barry , Larry , Gary and Harry — in fact , I think there were two Gary 's , just to make it confusing . |
| 26 | It was true that the happy-go-lucky dockers , working for a few pennies every time a ship came in , were being watched carefully by Captain Robins on the bridge , but it all seemed rather haphazard , as though I would be lucky if I ever found all my trunks . |
| 27 | But it all depends upon the decisions you make today . |
| 28 | ‘ He was controlling her supply but it all came from someone else . |
| 29 | But it all got a bit too much at one late night plenary session when Graham Thompson was challenged about his language . |
| 30 | The drivers wo n't take a huge amount of memory and they wo n't slow things down too much , but it all adds up . |