Example sentences of "but [pers pn] was [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I 'm sorry like but I was getting a few interruptions on the landing |
| 2 | I was the best-known face in East Anglia , but I was having a terrible time . |
| 3 | Woman she might be , but she was displaying a genuine compassion rarely seen among rich young girls . |
| 4 | But she was wearing a white glove with lines down the back . |
| 5 | But she was preparing a longer and more ambitious work , an imaginary autobiography called The Boyfriends . |
| 6 | Mr Taylor told the committee yesterday that an analysis of the force 's requirements based on the increasing workload showed a further 184 officers were needed at all levels ; but he was submitting a reasonable request . |
| 7 | Mr Taylor told the committee yesterday that an analysis of the force 's requirements based on the increasing workload showed a further 184 officers were needed at all levels ; but he was submitting a reasonable request . |
| 8 | Supposedly he was in disgrace for an affair with a female student ( the AFPFL , and particularly the Communists , were strictly puritanical ) but he was preaching a stiffer line against the British than any of the others . |
| 9 | But he was taking a cautious line , mindful of the child behind him . |
| 10 | He may have been looking a bit weary , but he was doing a splendid linking job and Whitton found it hard fill the gap . |
| 11 | Went to the Royal Academy when I was doing my 'O' Levels , it was a Jackson follow up it was about , ambulance was about twelve foot by twelve foot , it was literally splodges of paint all over the fucking place , it was horrible , you can actually buy them at the Royal Academy , you ca n't buy them at , but he was asking a hundred thousand pounds for it , I could n't believe it , a trained monkey could of fucking painted that |
| 12 | He was as dark and interesting as ever but he was missing a certain exuberance . |
| 13 | He tried hard to do this , but he was fighting a losing battle here against the rising tide of papal authority . |
| 14 | But it was becoming a political factor . |