Example sentences of "but it [verb] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it seemed Mrs Eckley had no intention of allowing her to take her leave yet . |
| 2 | She picked the papers up hurriedly and put them back before anyone should see , but it seemed Mr Bradford , who was a powerful man at the Doctors ' Commons , had complained that they were out of order . |
| 3 | But it said gift aid and income tax relief would raise income by £30 million . |
| 4 | Watson and Stadler have risen from a moribund state recently but it becomes Fred Couples 's lot to hold back the invasion . |
| 5 | Much better illustrated than Cotton and Wilkinson and with problems , it is a better teaching aid , but it over-emphasises bonding theory in a rather daunting way . |
| 6 | But it told research ministers ( who were still meeting as New Scientist went to press on Tuesday ) that ‘ it is essential to take an immediate final decision on the future of the programme . ’ |
| 7 | But it took R. A. Fisher and his colleagues , the founders of modern population genetics , to develop the full answer to Fleeming Jenkin in terms of Mendel 's theory of particle genetics . |
| 8 | Barclays Bank has 4Tb data on its mainframes , he said , but it uses Unix workstations , such as IBM , Sun and Digital at branch level . |
| 9 | Phil Whelan 's long through ball was booted clear by Spink , but it hit Mick Stockwell and rebounded into the path of Kiwomya , who took careful aim before stroking the ball into an empty net from 20 yards . |
| 10 | To adopt ‘ one person , one vote ’ would be a democratic move but it offends trade unions by weakening their local influence and it undermines the position of Left-wing activists who tend to dominate many local parties . |
| 11 | The ‘ fiery blast ’ , or nuee ardente , did not itself last long , but it set St Pierre ablaze . |
| 12 | The remedial action that had to be taken was painful in the extreme but it saved ICI Fibres and put it in a position of strength for the future . |
| 13 | Ian Fleming 's Casino Royale ( 1953 ) was not a bestseller but it introduced James Bond , the agent with the number 007 , a licence to kill and a taste for the best of everything , especially girls . |
| 14 | Now there is a famous picture somewhere in in France , I think kept in one of the museums in Strasbourg , which shows this scene , but it shows Rouget de Lisle actually singing it . |
| 15 | As it happened , re-emigration was a non-starter , but it remained government policy and , until the war , it was seen as the only long-term solution to the refugee problem . |
| 16 | Police gave no details but it appeared Mr Anderson fell dying with gunshot wounds , and the Ford Capri car sped off with the gunman and Ms Fisher inside . |
| 17 | A glance at the latest list published in Fortune magazine shows it to be not just silly but ludicrous : the list purports to show only US industrial companies — but it classifies AT&T Co as a service company and eliminates it altogether despite the fact that with NCR Corp added in , AT&T 's non-service businesses alone would give the firm a ranking in the 50s . |