Example sentences of "but this [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this was neither the time nor the place for a show-down — the score would have to be settled later . |
| 2 | well they are now , my daughter now has a proper bum bag , but this was just a school , purse for school , just for break time . |
| 3 | But this was just a dentist 's waiting room and it made him wonder what the rest of the house would be like . |
| 4 | But this was just a game , and before some one points out that the stock market is itself just a game ( for somewhat privileged people ) , I should add that this was just a family game being marketed in Sheffield for Christmas . |
| 5 | Nominated for nine Oscars , but this was also the year of West Side Story , which swept the board when it came to the statuettes . |
| 6 | But this was also the side , North was saying , of God against the Godless . |
| 7 | I 'm all in favour of impressionistic narratives , with fast cutting and flashbacks galore , but this was simply a mess . |
| 8 | One was once seen to use a stone to kill a monitor lizard , but this was probably a mistake ! |
| 9 | But this was merely a cover , and the partners began in search from the start , subsequently headhunting many of their ex-colleagues , despite Peat Marwick Mitchell 's threats of legal action . |
| 10 | He caught a cold on his way to Tangiers which affected his left lung , but this was merely the prelude to what became an unfortunate trip . |
| 11 | I can remember as a boy walking to Rochester via the ferry and Wouldham on many occasions but this was only a stroll compared with some of the older inhabitants efforts . |
| 12 | He did n't like people watching his horses work from the road but this was only a woman , probably some jumped-up point-to-point type looking for training tips . |
| 13 | But this was only the tip of the iceberg . |
| 14 | But this was only the beginning of the process which resulted in the C , D and E of today . |
| 15 | Cynical perhaps , but this was certainly the pattern . |
| 16 | At almost any cost Casey wanted him back , but this was almost a private , rather than a public , duty . |
| 17 | He told George Seferis that , in his prose writings , the need for honesty and clarity entailed the kind of elaborate elucidation which audiences found dull ; but this was now the manner that Eliot adopted , and it is possible to see the equivocations and hesitations of his later prose work as aspects of what was essentially a Socratic method of inquiry rather than an expression of caution or indecision . |
| 18 | But this was really the freedom of a lord of misrule , and generally any serious damage was undone back in the Commons . |