Example sentences of "[adj] but it [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Food for Microwaving is also useful but it has some curious entries : under flour , for instance , it simply describes what flour is and what it is used for , but has nothing to offer on how microwaving affects it in pastry , cakes , etc . |
2 | Its tone is playful and frivolous but it makes some valid criticisms . |
3 | Rory Scott says roguishly : ‘ She was very sexually attractive and the relationship was not a platonic one as far as I was concerned but it remained that way . |
4 | This might seem onerous but it guarantees that configuration control is maintained and , with some care , should be a very unusual occurrence . |
5 | Shady Marcus at last exposed the soap 's Mr Big but it had all the dramatic impact of one of those dated Ealing comedies where George Cole plays a gangster as threatening as a game show host . |