Example sentences of "but it [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This new corporate shift is to female values but it involves men — but men thinking in a new , more conscious way . ’ |
| 2 | It growled like a wild animal , but it wore clothes , and had long , thick , dark hair . |
| 3 | It ai n't far back to the house , but it takes ages cos we got to walk slow . |
| 4 | that electrolysis , that 's the best way but it takes ages . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ They said it would be as soon as possible — but it takes years for some people . |
| 7 | But It had problems over the issue too . |
| 8 | Marsilid was tried as a treatment for depressed patients , and , given over a period of weeks rather than days , but it had disadvantages as well as advantages . |
| 9 | It was n't a Kentucky Fried , more a Bayswater Sauté , but it had seats and the two black guys on duty in the bright red uniforms were so bored they took no notice of me . |
| 10 | It was never quite so successful an undertaking as the Bois de Boulogne , because the army insisted on retaining part of the area as a training ground and artillery range , but it had lakes , waterfalls , grottoes and cafés in the same way as its more chic counterpart . |
| 11 | ‘ It was just about the only song I knew the words to and was an impromptu thing , but it got things started . |
| 12 | This , in the amounts we expect , is harmless to the fish , but it encourages algae , in particular the unicellular organism which causes green water , although it can also be caused by overfeeding . |
| 13 | But it says wages for housework is the centre , the uniting demand and that 's just wrong . |
| 14 | But it made things difficult for me , at times . |
| 15 | Eventually , I managed to coax a strained fart from the horn , but it took hours of practice . |
| 16 | Brave Gail Devers was suffering from Graves Disease but it took doctors two years to diagnose the crippling thyroid illness . |
| 17 | Simple laboratory tests were able to show the acutely toxic effects of large doses of organochlorines , but it took years for high concentrations to accumulate in belugas that had consumed large quantities of lightly-contaminated food . |
| 18 | But it took pains not to criticise Whitehall . |
| 19 | Like most American stabs at introspection , it 's full of exquisitely embarrassing moments , but it deserves marks for effort . |
| 20 | But it tells authorities to seek legal advice when writing up their own guidelines to staff . |
| 21 | The bombs , guns and paras are there but it avoids stereotypes , reminding us that most of the people in Belfast simply want no truck with the war . |
| 22 | But it leaves problems too . |
| 23 | But it put premiums up by a third — and that cut losses from £88 million to £39 million in the six months to June . |
| 24 | It takes just a few seconds , but it gives horses better security for life . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | This gives complete pain relief and is helpful for women having a long labour or who are getting very distressed , but it has disadvantages in that it obviously makes women feel quite passive and helpless . |
| 27 | Being a sole trader can be a risky venture , but it has advantages as well as disadvantages : |
| 28 | I suppose that 's only useful if you habitually use extreme point sizes for large tracts of text , but it has advantages in other ways . |
| 29 | This too was slow to arrive , but it has bags of extra features and because it 's bundled with the DOS version for a mere £299 , it has to be a bargain . |
| 30 | As set down here , his writing is repetitive and wide-open to disagreement , but it has virtues ( purpose , passion , and seriousness ) which most rock writers never touch . |