Example sentences of "but [adv] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many experiments were done to decide who should have responsibility for controlling the sound ; but eventually it all came down to the engineers , assisted by meters and ( most important of all ) a keen musical sense . |
| 2 | But suddenly it all started to go wrong for him . |
| 3 | He had spent ages trying to get the words right on his note but somehow it all came out wrong . |
| 4 | As a student I admired Bratby , Prunella Clough and the Kitchen Sink School , but somehow it all fizzled out and abstraction took over . |
| 5 | I may not have understood everything I heard at the time , but later it all slotted into place . |
| 6 | Stress is something most people have to cope with , but sometimes it all gets too much . |
| 7 | ‘ I was fine until I got on the pitch but then it all drained away and the game just passed me by . |
| 8 | I do remember that I left a sort of note for my family telling them not to worry because I 'd got a good job and I might not be in touch for a while , but then it all gets kind of overlaid with a memory of a headache like you would n't believe , and shock at being connected to all these horrible machines and — ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If you had asked me a year ago , ’ said Roycroft , ‘ I 'd have said everything was going wonderfully well — but then it all fell apart . ’ |
| 10 | But then it all went rapidly downhill . |
| 11 | Mortimer seemed to be so supportive , he seemed really interested in me as a friend , he believed in my design abilities … but then it all changed , it was like a nightmare . |
| 12 | he hit the back window and then he did n't do nothing , but then it all shattered |
| 13 | The story behind these is set out in typically complete sleeve notes , but essentially it all started with a recording of Mussorgsky 's pictures at an Exhibition with the Chicago SO under Kubelik . |