Example sentences of "but it [verb] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did try on a couple of occasions to wind the engine up past the 5000rpm mark , where the torque curve begins to fall away rapidly , but it produced no more performance than was available by driving the car sensibly for economy . |
| 2 | It might have been a tail light going the other way but it stayed the same size . |
| 3 | This is not the most familiar approach to quantum theory , but it gives the same results as other methods . |
| 4 | But it explained a few things — the kindness I 'd thought I 'd detected , his seemingly unreasonable act of firing me … |
| 5 | It is less ritualized than it was a hundred years ago , but it serves the same purpose of recognizing the event . |
| 6 | The liquid is now officially called beer but it needs a few days further conditioning in the brewery , to purge some of the rough alcohols , before it is ready to leave for the pub . |
| 7 | But it works the same way as ordinary language . |