Example sentences of "but it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | No , but it sounds ancient . |
| 32 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 33 | But it sounds doubtful to me . |
| 34 | You speak my language but it sounds different . |
| 35 | The interior of the church suffered from the dead hand of the restorer between 1897 and 1907 , but it represents one of the most monumental examples of the Romanesque in Bohemia . |
| 36 | Linguistic posturing of this sort is the extreme reaction of a character in an extreme situation , but it dramatizes rhetorical manoeuvres available to both men and women who are forced into a position of discursive subservience . |
| 37 | But it produced critical evidence about how different designs of tax would hit marginal seats and heartland Tory ones . |
| 38 | The bus held about twenty people , but it carried all manner of other things . |
| 39 | But it admits that Adobe technology is often the default standard , and wants to make the technology available within NewsPrint . |
| 40 | But it aggravates another : the management structure of the information-based organization . |
| 41 | They say that ‘ nothing happens to the bad ‘ uns ’ , but it seemed unbelievable that misfortune should strike Arthur yet again directly after his triumphs at the Horse of The Year Show . |
| 42 | But it seemed many of the biggest news stories came from the world of industry , most notably , the miners ' strike . |
| 43 | But it seemed such a peach of a way out of trouble . |
| 44 | Most of the dogs were put down when they slowed up , but it seemed indelicate to refer to it . |
| 45 | He did n't even know she was there , but it seemed wiser to hide . |
| 46 | It meant however that we had little time to relate our studies at any deep level to Buddhism , but it seemed unanswerable that people must have a deep understanding of their own faith before they can go on to study that of other people . |
| 47 | They 'd come here to learn , but it seemed all they would ever learn was how to alter that which they had no possibility of understanding into something so familiar there was no point in their understanding it . |
| 48 | ‘ I never finished it , but it seemed better just as an idea to sum up the album . |
| 49 | I mean I actually voted for this contract , erm , rather reluctantly , but it seemed better than not , doing so at the time , but we were given assurances , and it was very well understood by absolutely everybody , that vigorous management would be needed in order to achieve the targetising and that was the only way that the savings were going to be made , and it does seem that , that , erm that has not been going on . |
| 50 | She shied off , but it seemed unarguable that she was convinced the killing was political : she had hired Brian Berg to follow that line . |
| 51 | In all fields , there was still much that was unknown : in Herbert Spencer 's philosophy , and in Tyndall 's Belfast address , there was room for the unknowable ; but it seemed reasonable to hope that under pressure from inquiring minds this would shrink , if not ultimately wither away altogether . |
| 52 | Shelley was longing to ask him what his first name was , but it seemed impolite , so instead she said , ‘ Have you never in your long life met anyone rich you liked ? ’ |
| 53 | So I asked for help ; I did n't like doing it but it seemed necessary . |
| 54 | ‘ But it seemed inconceivable that it could have been an accident . ’ |
| 55 | Her mouth slowly stirred under his and Jessamy knew she was making a big , big mistake , but it seemed impossible to stop . |
| 56 | Tears stung her eyes as she heard his anger and she turned away , rubbing a hand over her eyes to wipe them away , but it seemed impossible to stop the flow now that it had begun . |
| 57 | We attempted to have the case tried in a Crown Court with a judge and jury but it seemed apparent to us , at our first appearance at the Magistrates Court , that every attempt was made , including the dropping of a crucial charge , to keep the case at that level . |
| 58 | But it seemed polite to visit the Freitas family , especially after Lina had come to Monte Samana on a fruitless errand . |
| 59 | She had no way of knowing where Luke was this morning , but it seemed logical to try the house first and then go on from there . |
| 60 | Less than a few seconds , but it seemed longer than time . |