Example sentences of "[noun] but it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could do good but it does more bad |
| 2 | This would at best have been a major irritant for an embattled leader of the opposition But it became worse than that . |
| 3 | The heating was on inside the car but it did little to drive out the chill that seemed to have settled in her bones . |
| 4 | down into his arteries and we ca n't get anything down there so they 're blocked , but he said how the hell he survived that op I do n't know he said they could 've done more with his legs but it meant another hour and a quarter minutes in surgery , and he said he 'd had enough we could n't have kept him on the table a minute longer so he said all we can do is wait , so now mum said well he 's alright in intensive care , he 's responding well , getting over the operation well , but what we was worried about was him breathing on his own , had he , had he been you see , anyway he said this on er Thursday |
| 5 | Dave also played the old fashioned curved soprano sax , which looks almost like a toy instrument but it sounded clear and forceful in his hands . |
| 6 | The romance lasted for only two months but it had amusing , melodramatic aspects . |
| 7 | Here 's a lovely winter scene but it contains ten deliberate mistakes . |
| 8 | This is essentially a digging tool but it has another function I have always found particularly useful . |
| 9 | Community is part of the job but it needs good management ( paying teachers , costing the use of premises , the division of time other than that which is needed to provide the national curriculum ) as well as a personally felt sense of value . |
| 10 | She worked strenuously to establish the Corby branch and provided courses there in an attempt to sustain a WEA presence in the then new steel town but it became inactive in the early thirties . |
| 11 | The pride of Scotland hold a 2–1 European Cup first leg lead but it looks fragile when you consider the awesome power of Leeds on their own territory and the effect of that Yorkshire choir at full blast . |
| 12 | Multimedia is one ingredient in this climate of change and potential diversification but it has some particular implications which publishers need to understand . |
| 13 | Blenheim Palace has the kind of gardens to intimidate most keen amateurs but it welcomed hundreds of enthusiasts to its first autumn flower show , opened by palace owner the Duke of Marlborough . |
| 14 | ‘ I started heart massage but it took three minutes to get any sign of life . |
| 15 | Craig Porter made a spectacular goal line clearance from Stephen Galway five minutes from the interval but it proved worthless when the same opponent flicked in number two from the resulting short corner after Andy McBride 's shot had been saved . |
| 16 | The church was not in permanent use and had no resident vicar but it held occasional services and now at Christmas an elderly cleric in retirement had volunteered to conduct a sung Eucharist at nine-thirty with the help of a volunteer choir assembled from the Women 's Institute . |
| 17 | I think it is broken because it says also er Manchester to er I know it 's expensive on British Rail but it says one thousand three hundred and five pounds up there . |
| 18 | I mean I I had the guitar stuff done within an hour but it getting all vocals over-dubbed and doubling everything up and then , it took forever to mix it together . |
| 19 | This is intended to reflect her costs as ‘ carer ’ of the child(ren) but it seems probable that many people will interpret it as being money for her maintenance . |
| 20 | I 'd have hoped the England team would have been selected on quality and experience but it seems those qualities are not important any more |
| 21 | ‘ I would have hoped teams were selected on quality and experience but it seems those qualities are not important any more . |
| 22 | China is already a big exporter of tungsten but it has major reserves of titanium , tin , copper . |
| 23 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 24 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 25 | He had been carrying his umbrella but it did little to protect him . |
| 26 | It has n't any mark but it looks good . " |
| 27 | THERE is another festival of sport this Sunday but it requires some channel switching . |
| 28 | It may not catch you many , if any , more rabbits but it looks good . |
| 29 | I am always told they you should have a trim every 4–6 weeks to get rid of all the split ends but it seems difficult to grow my hair when it 's constantly being cut . |
| 30 | this morning but it 's all gone except for where in in the shadow |