Example sentences of "it but [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ You could n't so much as bruise the mosses on it but I 'd know . |
| 32 | I must admit at this stage I though I had cracked it but I should have known after so many years of breeding fish , success is not guaranteed . |
| 33 | I wanted very much to give it but he could see I could n't . |
| 34 | ‘ She ca n't see it but she can touch it . |
| 35 | I would not pander to it but she must have something to make her life special . ’ |