Example sentences of "[pron] but it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We started off doing everything ourselves but it became too much . |
| 2 | And er fertilizers we s tell lo still sell loose and packet them ourselves but it has altered . |
| 3 | ‘ It was a private sale from Templeman himself but it 's got to be six figures . ’ |
| 4 | Ah but she ca n't help it can she but it puts you off going when he 's in dun n it ? |
| 5 | Now as you probably know this is a level nine course it 's a it 's a course on which a platform is erected for other courses as Gordon said then the the introduction to management you have to make a short presentation do n't you but it does n't concentrate just on this . |
| 6 | Now er in the in the An engineer if you 've any engineer friend engineering friends I could explain it all to you but it takes time . |
| 7 | It does n't tell you anything I have n't already told you but it gives you reassurance . |
| 8 | ‘ Being the eternal replacement is not only a bit boring in itself but it does damage . |
| 9 | The idea excites me but it scares me too , ’ she confesses . |
| 10 | This was a side of her nature that she 'd kept hidden from me but it made me realise my feelings were justified . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm so excited , ’ said Elaine , ‘ I did n't think a style like this would suit me but it does . ’ |
| 12 | Forgive me but it seems to me strange that a lady such as you … how shall I say … should stay in a pensione . |
| 13 | The doctor told me they were strong : in fact he prescribed them for me but it seems more logical to give them to Mum since it 's her that stops me sleeping . |
| 14 | It will be seen that the presence of a receiving target explains nothing but it does nudge two previously separate areas of discourse , the mind and the body , into a common sphere . |
| 15 | The important things though are things like who 's gon na tutor them but it does n't actually does it and target dates , completion dates and tests to be done . |
| 16 | Okay , we need to wash them but it does n't matter too much does it ? |
| 17 | They could see their pals being shot down in front of them but it made no difference . |
| 18 | He , he was a real friendly guy and like I say he never said cheerio before he went , but one day he just painted his aircraft up with the D-day landing signs which we did n't know at the time and the next day he was gone of course it was very much top secret that was but the town just emptied of all Americans it was like a ghost town after them but it had been previously . |
| 19 | it sort of er er gave them lee a , ladies leeway who wanted to work after they were married , some married and then could they come back well they could n't keep me on and not let them work you see , so oh yes it was mostly married women , there were a lot of married women there when I left , but erm it sort of set a precedent I suppose for , for them but it did , it did them some good really . |
| 20 | They 're not actually prepared to go in to diagnosing dementia which I think is very wise of them but it means that you could then get into a very interesting discussion about whether we 're talking about people with dementia or about people who are simply confused . |
| 21 | Billy was gon na do something but it did n't work out . |
| 22 | The issue of prior approval for grant-aid is a vexed one but it does not wait upon the outcome of the EEC Structures Review in order to be resolved . |
| 23 | Sorry I sound like a right right one but it does . |
| 24 | The approach adopted by the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act is a utilitarian one but it does not reflect the reality of the situation by failing to recognize that all computer output is the result , albeit in many cases the indirect result , of human skill and effort . |
| 25 | Well yeah , I mean there 's there 's no fast rule about having the red one but it scores you double . |
| 26 | The term ‘ popular culture ’ is a modern one but it describes what was a readily identifiable reality in the new urban areas of the nineteenth century . |
| 27 | a right high one but it had er , had it got all things on top ? |
| 28 | It 's only appeared in Harlow and she told me it would get in the Bishop 's Stortford one but it has n't so far . |
| 29 | It must be an a , because he , he , he , he said he 'd got chance of one but it did whacking great six inch er sixteen inch wheels on ! |
| 30 | Money does n't solve everything but it gives a sense of control over some of the options . |