Example sentences of "but it [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 ) .
2 This was n't the Dorchester or the Ritz , but it had their ineffable air of serene affluence .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Des starts to offer coffee , but it gives her another opening : ‘ No , I 'll go make my own , thank you .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 But it has its mundane side , like backache and swollen ankles .
13 It 's more of an English tweed suit of a butterfly than a Sultan 's robe but it has its own uniqueness and beauty .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 But it gave her another flare of confidence , this elusive and somehow warming reminder of her childhood .
17 It was slow , backbreaking work , but it gave her great satisfaction .
18 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 .
19 But it gave its inner-city policy a new direction by stressing the role of private enterprise in economic regeneration .
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