Example sentences of "but [conj] it [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that it does satisfy a need for a vast number of , of people who may be rather younger and poorer than er we who sit here . |
| 2 | Chuck House , senior vice-president of Informix , said exclusive distributor , Ascii Corp , had limitations in terms of strengthening Informix 's relationships with Japanese firms , but that it does want to continue its relationship with Ascii . |
| 3 | He also says that the nickel content does not , for all practical purposes , make any difference to the hardness , but that it does make it more stain resistant . |
| 4 | One torso is so weathered that little can be said but that it does seem to show the same primitive technique as Nikandre 's . |
| 5 | For quite a long time the prevailing view among economists had been that money does not affect the relative prices of commodities , but that it does determine the overall price level . |
| 6 | come up and insult you if it does n't bother you , you wo n't say a thing , but if it does bother you 'll come back and re say something back . |
| 7 | I hate asking favours of anyone , especially you , but if it does come to that — if your sister gets the police on my trail , do you think you could let me know ? |
| 8 | But if it does develop into open scandal I suppose someone eventually will have to deal with it . |
| 9 | It may well fall off , but if it does fall off and everything gets back to normal it 'll grow back again . |
| 10 | The future of the museum and art gallery wo n't be decided for some time , but if it does win through , its battle for survival will become part of the history of the town itself . |
| 11 | The consumer will be informed to keep the product away from his eyes but if it does get in the eyes , to wash them out and seek medical advice . |
| 12 | As it is not recorded until the work of Hermann and Florence of Worcester , who states that the saint speared Swegen from his horse , it would not be impossible to consider this story a reaction to taxation by the Normans ; but if it did originate earlier it too conceivably had something to do with Edmund 's increasing popularity , and if Florence 's version was current in Cnut 's time he can not have been flattered by the notion that Edmund had disposed of his father in a similar way to that in which St Mercurius was believed to have killed the emperor Julian the Apostate . |
| 13 | ‘ But if it did happen , there are certain things I would demand … ’ |
| 14 | But since it does make sense we can employ arguments from analogy to answer factual questions that arise within the language-game . |
| 15 | This may not always be the case , but when it does apply it constitutes a very tight linguistic constraint . |
| 16 | ‘ But when it does come you wo n't want the window open . ’ |
| 17 | This fear of cats , or ailurophobia to give it its technical name , is rare , but when it does occur it can cause untold misery for the sufferer and it is worth examining how it begins and how it can be cured . |
| 18 | But when it did belong to her , she would be old too , like Aunt Alicia . |
| 19 | The final shattering of the delusion did not take place until the 1940s ; but when it did occur , it prompted not the abandonment of the system of the delusion itself but a further and almost incredible elaboration of it . |