Example sentences of "but was a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was born in a barn , never knew my father , but was a very goodlooking baby — I could 've won prizes . |
| 2 | The programme might have said more about technique — what , at plectrum level , made him tangibly different from the folk-group strummer - but was a thorough biography and survived the expressive limitations of rock anecdotage : ‘ His attack to a guitar was , oh , something else … ‘ |
| 3 | Fisher saw that this mind was not the grammarian or writer of Greek and Latin prose such as Cambridge liked , but was a meditative , half-philosophical mind , which might be better suited in the Oxford school . |
| 4 | He had a successful hernia operation but was a regular visitor to Harley Street as additional deep-seated groin trouble failed to respond to treatment . |
| 5 | Originally it probably had nothing to do with Jacob , but was a local tale told in the region around the Jabbok which somehow found its way into his narrative . |
| 6 | From the USA came One For All , who had won over $300,000 but was a distinct outsider in Europe 's top race . |
| 7 | In other words , the ‘ tribalism ’ of many Libyans was not a simple survival , an inability to adapt , to change , but was a self-conscious contestation of a government and its works . |
| 8 | This was approximately one fifth full size , but was a working mock-up rather than a true scale model . |
| 9 | He told me that he meant me no harm , but was a magician , who had made the music play around me , and wished to have my hand in marriage and live in my castle , with me and my brother , in peace hereafter . |
| 10 | This Chinese water-wheel clock was not only quite different from , but was a good deal more accurate than , the first European mechanical clocks and in this respect may not have been surpassed until after the introduction of the pendulum clock in the seventeenth century . |
| 11 | It stands like a phallic exhortation to the newly-weds living around it , but was a hive of industry once , dating possibly from the seventeenth century . |
| 12 | Set in a ‘ green and silent spot , amid the hills ’ , it was not intended for the Lyrical Ballads , but was a political meditation inspired by fears of a French invasion . |
| 13 | The final client , the development officer said , needed a good deal of extra support but was a very adamant refuser of help , and frequently refused to let people into her house . |
| 14 | It did not evolve from the previous work on the classical Super ( which would never have led to it ) but was a piece of serendipity . |
| 15 | Throughout his life , Agnew could not speak and relied entirely on sign language and fingerspelling , but was a highly articulate man — he penned a great number of articles in Scottish and national newspapers giving his views on the introduction of oralism into British schools . |
| 16 | This came as no surprise to lawyers , who had long warned that the term ‘ comfort letter ’ was a misnomer , with each document having to be construed in accordance with its precise terms , but was a considerable shock to the business community . |
| 17 | He began to turn his head , but was a lifetime too late . |
| 18 | Time after time , woman admitted to me that their partner 's success not only mattered to them in terms of money , but was a crucial component in their respect and desire for these men . |
| 19 | I had reached the 11th but was a long way off the green . |
| 20 | At the consultation a leading psychiatrist , who was from the Society of Friends , insisted that the Devil had no objective reality but was a projection of our fears and insecurities . |
| 21 | Sunday Sport thrived on its advertising but was a cheaply produced magazine more than a newspaper . |
| 22 | Beaverbrook , though a wartime minister and intimate of Churchill , lived until 1965 but was a spent political force . |
| 23 | He was much respected for his knowledge of golf courses , but was a throwback to the days when caddies wore old macs or tweed overcoats , slept rough in the summer , and in October committed a misdemeanour mild enough to ensure six months in jail to see them through the winter and send them out sobered up and refreshed for the new golf season . |
| 24 | Jack was very much in the groove , rarely deviating from the fairways and the centre of the green , but was a mere one shot under par , while Miguel was one shot better . |
| 25 | Carter , on the other hand , not only had big majorities , but was a centrist ideologically — a self-proclaimed fiscal conservative who was also a liberal on civil rights , the environment and education , making it possible for him to straddle the historical division in the Democratic party . |
| 26 | Murdock is rather over-shadowed by his famous employers , Matthew Boulton & James Watt , but was a very talented and gifted engineer . |
| 27 | Equality of opportunity in employment for people with disabilities was featured in the government 's appraisal , but was a minor consideration dwarfed by the major political debate on religious affiliation . |
| 28 | Peter was a most agreeable guy but was a non-journalist and found it difficult to adapt to what was wanted in an unfamiliar role . |
| 29 | Table 7.1 Unionist share of coalition governments , 1915–1922 Cabinet Unionists in Total no. of Total no. of Ministers cabinet ministers Unionists May 1915 22 8 24 9 December 1916 23 13 32 14 January 1919 21 10 30 14 January 1921 21 12 29 14 October 1922 22 11 29 13 The discontent caused by lack of opportunity can be clearly seen in a number of cases , but was a general phenomenon that affected all but the top dozen in the party 's collective leadership . |
| 30 | All this shows that Attica was far from being just a city with territory round it , but was a compromise between a centralized state and a federal one . |