Example sentences of "but it [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It assumes no previous security experience , but it assumes a familiarity with the PC , with DOS and with the elements of LANs . |
| 2 | But it assumes a dichotomy between nature and supernature that oversimplifies the theologies of the past . |
| 3 | This is very low , and would never be used in practice , but it allows an example to be shown in a compact diagram . |
| 4 | I looked nervously at her face , but it wore a smile , a reminiscent smile that I had n't seen before . |
| 5 | Such a figure may seem insignificant but it represented a strength of purpose and feeling which made the small groups men and women of courage . |
| 6 | ‘ But it takes a bit of time to get used to other players and the way of things . |
| 7 | But it takes a bit quicker , yeah , yeah . |
| 8 | Your sweet , milk-sop charms may be attracting him now , but it takes a woman to hold him . |
| 9 | ‘ Your sweet , milk-sop charms may be attracting him now , ’ she 'd said , ‘ but it takes a woman to hold him . |
| 10 | But it takes a lot to ruffle an XJ6 . |
| 11 | I 'd only gone say two weeks without it , but it takes a lot longer than that to actually sort yourself out , anyway … . |
| 12 | But it takes a lot longer than a year to get rid of a bad reputation . |
| 13 | J : It 's alright , but it sounds a bit dated to me . |
| 14 | But it sounds a bit better . |
| 15 | But it sounds a lot more exciting than it is . |
| 16 | But it represents a compromise between opposing or contradictory interests not untypical of media policy . |
| 17 | But it represents a way of doing it which is not what the members of this Committee , of all three parties I suspect , want to do . |
| 18 | This may seem paradoxical , but it represents a gesture of adaptation . |
| 19 | This meadowland or mead land was usually low-lying and damp for much of the year , but it produced an abundance of grass which was cut for hay . |
| 20 | There were a few diplomatic handshakes as the players left the field at the end , but it seemed a relief that an extra week lay between this Test match and the next , and it could only be hoped that work would continue behind the scenes to impress upon these cricketers , especially the more excitable ones , that the game does not deserve to be abused . |
| 21 | After that came my Marx and Schweitzer phase but I started getting greedy and wanting them all rolled into one and then somebody told me that we 've got to learn to love ourselves , so I tried that but it seemed a bit selfish . |
| 22 | yes but it seemed a bit far fetched , if they said that |
| 23 | Well course she can but it seemed a bit strange that he said that this morning . |
| 24 | It did n't make us rich , and it was hard work , but it seemed a kind of — good , worthwhile occupation — growing things … ’ |
| 25 | The exclusion only lasted a few minutes , but it seemed a lifetime to her . |
| 26 | But it seemed a shame not to send them to people who need shoes . |
| 27 | He could n't have been unconscious for long , looking back , but it seemed an eternity at the time . |
| 28 | ‘ It was all over in 45 minutes but it seemed an eternity , ’ said Colin . |
| 29 | I suppose they 'd all gone in half a minute but it seemed an eternity of fascination and fear to a cringing youth . |
| 30 | But it met a lump of grief and anger at the back of her throat and came out more like a sob . |