Example sentences of "but it [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can deliver to you next day , but it takes him ten days to get it here , what service does he need ? |
| 2 | The idea of New Towns has a long pedigree , but it received its twentieth-century fillip through the garden city movement ( Osborn and Whittick , 1963 ) . |
| 3 | But it had its positive aspects . |
| 4 | And as I said , it , it was er , it , it , it , it was , it was denigrated but it had its own strengths , and the Margaret case er , is , is one of them . |
| 5 | This was n't the Dorchester or the Ritz , but it had their ineffable air of serene affluence . |
| 6 | And if that allocation is pushed through , if you like in the teeth of the structure plan policy , but it becomes your local plan , and that 's the legislation provides for that , that surely must be the the question . |
| 7 | ABSEILING 130ft from maltings at Bury St Edmunds is not everyone 's ideal Saturday afternoon pastime but it suited our daring duo from the maltings , and from Export . |
| 8 | Cayard was recalled instantly by the committee but it took them 40 seconds to hoist the French recall signal , by which time they were well up the track . |
| 9 | I remember THE FACE coming out very well — but it took me two years to make the cover . ’ |
| 10 | We 're talking about half an ounce , which does n't exactly sound like a weight problem , but it took me another day or so to take it off her . |
| 11 | ‘ I first met Julie when I walked into her gallery but it took me three years to walk out with her as my wife , ’ he says . |
| 12 | I did n't know what had been the last meal eaten before leaving South America but it took me twenty minutes to coathanger my way through it , and consequently I had missed breakfast . |
| 13 | But it took her some moments to understand exactly what he was saying , her senses reeling at the warmth of the hard naked chest pressed so closely to her soft breasts , her nostrils savouring the erotic , musky scent of his skin . |
| 14 | These have now been cleaned up , but it took us some time to cope with this disgraceful state of affairs … the condition of these children , and the behaviour of many of the mothers , has completely dissipated the goodwill and welcome accorded to them by the Welsh people , whose hospitality is proverbial . |
| 15 | But it hit me one day , he did n't care or he would have made that effort to come and see me and he did n't . |
| 16 | Des starts to offer coffee , but it gives her another opening : ‘ No , I 'll go make my own , thank you . |
| 17 | But it gives me great pleasure to introduce Mark Lennox Boyd , the parliamentary under secretary of state , the foreign and commonwealth office , a position he 's held for some time . |
| 18 | Because we 've got sixties all over the place so maybe it was n't a brilliant one to try but it gives us some indication of what 's going on . |
| 19 | This is probably nowhere near as long as your list but it gives you some idea of how much detail is needed in recording items . |
| 20 | But it has its mundane side , like backache and swollen ankles . |
| 21 | Among the Conservatives , the equivalent is the 1922 Committee ( since it was founded in that year ) but it has its weekly meetings without ministers or shadow ministers present , dealing with the party leaders through an elected chairman . |
| 22 | The centre has already placed 50 or 60 people here or abroad but it has its own problems to overcome : there are few , if any overseas versions of NISW as most of the work tends to be located in the ministries of health or welfare . |
| 23 | It 's more of an English tweed suit of a butterfly than a Sultan 's robe but it has its own uniqueness and beauty . |
| 24 | In a recent television programme on the subject of war photography ( presented somewhat predictably by William Shawcross — the Vietnam industry may cast its net wide but it has its favourite media starts and Shawcross is one of them ) . |
| 25 | It was only a momentary lapse on his part , but it gave her enough time to whirl round on him , her eyes widening as she spotted a revolver in his hand . |
| 26 | Mind you , it was partly her fault ; they could afford to live without her factory work , but it gave her some company and a feeling of contributing to society . |
| 27 | But it gave her another flare of confidence , this elusive and somehow warming reminder of her childhood . |
| 28 | It was slow , backbreaking work , but it gave her great satisfaction . |
| 29 | Through that , Red Rhino came up with a matching deal which was not very high in terms of money or anything but it gave them some status , certainly with promotion . |
| 30 | But it gave its inner-city policy a new direction by stressing the role of private enterprise in economic regeneration . |