Example sentences of "but it [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Omar always has cornflakes with us , the butis sigh angelically over the unblessed food , but it pleases Omar . |
| 2 | But it seemed Lucie had lost a lot of weight since the last time they had played it . |
| 3 | But it seemed Mrs Eckley had no intention of allowing her to take her leave yet . |
| 4 | She picked the papers up hurriedly and put them back before anyone should see , but it seemed Mr Bradford , who was a powerful man at the Doctors ' Commons , had complained that they were out of order . |
| 5 | But it seemed Ace had n't finished with her yet , and soon she was incapable of any thought at all , rational or otherwise , as he took her once more to the edge of paradise . |
| 6 | The voice was silk , but it chilled Harry 's blood none the less . |
| 7 | Watson and Stadler have risen from a moribund state recently but it becomes Fred Couples 's lot to hold back the invasion . |
| 8 | When Merrill did n't speak he said shortly , ‘ Of course , far be it from me to pry into a client 's financial arrangements , but it struck Bob as rather strange . |
| 9 | Mitchell Thomas tried to hook the ball clear , but it struck Miklosko on the shoulder and flew into the net . |
| 10 | Harriet 's voice was still casual but it struck Meredith its carelessness was now a little forced . |
| 11 | It took only a micro-second , but it told Jezrael to prepare for some movement from Kandinskaya 's left hand . |
| 12 | It did n't show off his teeth , but it told Duroc a lot more about the Op 's character . |
| 13 | It was a big horse for a child , but it suited Ilse 's slim , girlish body admirably . |
| 14 | But it suited Moore perfectly . |
| 15 | Malcolm was still bouncing them merrily , but it took Gooch , with his third wicket , Mushtaq slogging , to persuade a declaration at 505 for 9 . |
| 16 | He never found the proximity of women offensive or objectionable , which was probably due to Pershti 's gentle influence ( she had not been Shannish ) , but it took Lucien a while to overcome a feeling of discomfort , having so many of them around him . |
| 17 | But it took R. A. Fisher and his colleagues , the founders of modern population genetics , to develop the full answer to Fleeming Jenkin in terms of Mendel 's theory of particle genetics . |
| 18 | It might not have been a very long missive , but it brought Aubrey into the room as if they had not been apart for two whole years . |
| 19 | There was nothing unpleasant about it , as she knew quite well , but it brought Maggie out of the renewed clouds of desire . |
| 20 | News spread like wildfire , but it brought Burke unexpected trouble in that a man called Samuel O'Rourke claimed to be a friend of the dead Byrne and challenged Burke to a fight which Burke did not want . |
| 21 | It was tiny and not terribly clean , but it entranced Constance . |
| 22 | It was just one horror in the midst of many taking place daily but it affected Anne deeply . |
| 23 | Of course , the irony of what he had just said escaped him , but it caused Shiona to smile a bitter inner smile . |
| 24 | Phil Whelan 's long through ball was booted clear by Spink , but it hit Mick Stockwell and rebounded into the path of Kiwomya , who took careful aim before stroking the ball into an empty net from 20 yards . |
| 25 | The report of an internal PP investigation carried out in May , a copy of which was obtained by El Mundo , recommended the expulsion from the party of Sanchis , Palop and Eduardo Zaplana , president of the PP in Alicante , and the dismissal of two others from official positions , but it exonerated Naseiro . |
| 26 | ‘ So I was , but it seems Nahum and Anna were betrothed by their parents when they were still small . |
| 27 | There would have been objections if areas of Scotland or Wales had been linked with parts of England for convenience er of this review , but it seems Cornwall once again as a distinct and separate identity , continues to be ignored . |
| 28 | He wants to be no.10 , but it seems Newport and Bridgend suggested 12 . |
| 29 | The ‘ fiery blast ’ , or nuee ardente , did not itself last long , but it set St Pierre ablaze . |
| 30 | That does n't really grasp the point , but it sets Bernard off on another low-fi tirade against ‘ jump up and down bands ’ becoming part of the mainstream and generally bringing the whole world down : ‘ I could imagine Revolver being on Top Of The Pops , but I could n't imagine David Bowie being on , ’ he seethes , delicately . |