Example sentences of "but it [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't need to erm elaborate much more Okay , the give it , give it a mechanical structure , well that does n't necessarily apply to some of the things that we 've done but it does to other parts and if you 're gon na discuss somebody 's model , think about it in the real world .
2 But it strikes on particular things , it strikes on something rough , but you never quite know , know what , not , no good trying it out because you never quite know whether it 's going to strike or not , when you get to be older , we 'll allow you to strike a match , but you have to be quite older to do that
3 Of course , that Bill is now confetti , but it focused on local authorities , the Post Office and British Rail .
4 The ‘ Community method ’ therefore was pragmatic , but it aimed at great things .
5 This need not mean that the private/public distinction vanishes altogether but it applies to different domains .
6 This system is better than the absolute waste of pulping , but it leads to major breakdowns of a kind that the private libraries would not have allowed under any circumstances .
7 That 's how it begins but it ends in maimed bodies , chopped limbs , blood spurting like fountains .
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