Example sentences of "but it [verb] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it takes bottle to bury your feelings and accept defeat , no matter what the competition . |
| 2 | The kind of limitations imposed by restrictions of full-time caring are not normal to someone in midlife but it takes courage to change the pattern once the need to be restricted has passed . |
| 3 | But it takes nerve to make the first step . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll put in a request for them to check out Albany ’ George grumbled , ‘ but it takes months to get them to do your office never mind your home . |
| 5 | Er but it takes time to recover from the er the the shock and the experience and the unnerving . |
| 6 | Satellite surveillance is all very well , but it takes time to get information back and in that time a naval force can have moved a fair distance . |
| 7 | Italian colonialism was no good , but it taught people to work . |
| 8 | ‘ British colonialism was no good , but it taught people to read . |
| 9 | It took only a micro-second , but it told Jezrael to prepare for some movement from Kandinskaya 's left hand . |
| 10 | We may be dealing with an energy currently unknown to science , but it made sense to start by monitoring known energies . |
| 11 | But it made sense to keep the running titles intact and transfer them as a set to another forme on its way to the press , saving a little of the compositor 's time . |
| 12 | The nurses topped it up again as soon as they realised but it took time to go through and have any effect so I had about twenty minutes of real labour pains . |
| 13 | In Indochina , France became embroiled in one of the most complex of the post-war colonial conflicts , but it took time to accept that the days of European colonial rule were numbered . |
| 14 | He visited prisons in France , Holland , Austria , Prussia , Denmark , Sweden and Russia — but it took time to establish his authority and certainly his relationships with administrators and staff were often initially imbued with deep suspicion or outright opposition . |
| 15 | But it took time to develop interest . |
| 16 | Of course , the irony of what he had just said escaped him , but it caused Shiona to smile a bitter inner smile . |
| 17 | But it tells authorities to seek legal advice when writing up their own guidelines to staff . |
| 18 | A rival cheetah that does n't have such big leg muscles may not run quite so fast , but it has resources to spare for making an extra lot of milk and therefore perhaps rearing another cub . |
| 19 | It is highly beguiling , but it has power to stifle and to kill . |
| 20 | You do not have to accept this offer , but it makes sense to do so . |
| 21 | You do not have to accept this offer , but it makes sense to do so . |
| 22 | But it makes sense to limit your activity — if you exercise outdoors when air quality is poor , you 're more likely to suffer adverse effects . |
| 23 | But it makes sense to consider other explanations first , because family problems are far more likely to be the source of trouble than household chemicals . |
| 24 | The Jersey Championship may not be a classic , but it helped Jacklin to regain the old jaunty confidence . |
| 25 | Reckless , foolhardy , but it inspires men to follow him . |