Example sentences of "but it [was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not their only misinterpretation or a highly complex personality , but it was to turn out to be a very serious one as events were shortly to prove . |
| 2 | It could have been an interesting double act but it was bunkered immediately by all the showbiz flannel . |
| 3 | It could have been an interesting double act but it was bunkered immediately by all the showbiz flannel . |
| 4 | It could have been an interesting double act but it was bunkered immediately by all the showbiz flannel . |
| 5 | ‘ They tried to explain that it was only sand and it was all a stunt , but it was lit up with radioactivity signs and we take our environmental responsibilities very seriously . ’ |
| 6 | But it was born out of frustration with the intransigent Football League and greed among the bigger clubs . |
| 7 | He offered his resignation but it was turned down by Mr Major . |
| 8 | This belief was fostered by the churches , the floors and walls of which were incised with the records of those who had gone before , but it was expressed positively in the family . |
| 9 | Self making was seen as a product of will and energy but it was achieved only through struggle . |
| 10 | ‘ Just the one , but it was renewed periodically over the years because the bitch was irresistible , and she knew it . ’ |
| 11 | But it was getting harder with every moment she spent with him . |
| 12 | But it was getting out of those beta-waves , down into the alpha-waves and into what is called the fifth state of consciousness — the healing state — that was so difficult . |
| 13 | They had a two year romance in the thirties but it was broken up by the war and the appearance of Rose 's first husband . |
| 14 | She did not specify , even to herself , the harm that might come to Alice , but it was bound up with love , with loving a man . |
| 15 | A ripple of laughter went through the staff , but it was silenced instantly with a look from him . |
| 16 | But it was considered out of the conversational court . |
| 17 | But it was coming up to thirty nineish and the war breaking out so the one and a half days a week started to change to five days , which gave you a w a regular wages of about thirty shillings . |
| 18 | But it was left mainly to the railways to break down finally the various regional traditions of building in England , and to put an end to the use of age-old local building materials in favour of standardised brick and slate . |
| 19 | But it was to burn again in the candlelit drawing-room where the two sisters sat opposite each other after supper in a warm red glow of port , firelight and reflections from the red velvet curtains drawn against night air . |
| 20 | But it was edging closer to Trent , always a little closer . |
| 21 | In its earliest history the building housed the guardian of the eastern gate , but it was taken over by the Fontana family and completely remodelled , a reshaping that was carried out with all the grace of Renaissance art . |
| 22 | Oh since this firm took over , well it was not B M K you know but it was taken over by the |
| 23 | A form of rich picture was drawn up following the initial investigations , but it was used mainly as a summary of the structures , staffing levels and other essentially static factors that existed in the situation , and not as the basis for selecting a relevant system . |
| 24 | The attack on Birkenhead was especially revealing ; it centred on his lack of gravity in the highest legal office , but it was occasioned too by his lack of concern for party in the excitement of office . |
| 25 | Yeah , but it was pouring all over the forecourt . |
| 26 | Amazing , when you thought about it , but it was turning out to be an amazing war . |
| 27 | Shortly afterwards , she brought a breach of promise action against Crawford , but it was settled out of court . |
| 28 | Reliable sources in Kwang Chow say the highjackers were trying to take the plane to Hong Kong , but it was forced down by military jets . |