Example sentences of "but it [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was almost the language of the papal chancery itself , but it was asked in such a manner that the pope could not concede . |
| 2 | A few of the burlier men put their shoulders to the door , but it was built of ancient oak , heavily reinforced with iron and their combined weights failed so much as to cause the door to tremble on its massive hinges . |
| 3 | Later , as capitalist work relations and practices were successfully implemented , rural labour organised a national union ; but it was built upon unsure foundations and , significantly , Essex witnessed its crushing defeat in 1874 at the hands of local farmers . |
| 4 | But it was built in 1751 as an inland lighthouse to guide travellers across what was then an empty open and desolate countryside . |
| 5 | The ‘ inside ’ seems to be everything a person knows and hence the familiar was ego-centred but it was bounded by other members of the group following certain rules . |
| 6 | The great Chertsey Road had been in construction for some while as it involved the building of three new bridges over the River Thames at Chiswick , Richmond and Twickenham , but it was completed in 1933 , and the entire achievement was formally opened by Edward , Prince of Wales , who drove along the route , cutting ribbons at each of the three bridges . |
| 7 | The special relationship was born of a common heritage , but it was nurtured by American and British self-interest as well . |
| 8 | There was still pleasure in it somewhere , but it was choked by exasperating routine : waiting for the staff to go , getting undressed , making up the bed , before the fleeting moment of physical relief was attained . |
| 9 | Evelyn tried a smile , but it was met with stony indifference . |
| 10 | Primitive their house certainly was , with its earthen floor , mud walls , thatched roof and rude furniture ; but it was imbued by those two remarkable and lovable people with a warmth that few homes can ever have equalled . |
| 11 | But it was said by many doubters that British Airways could never be privatised . |
| 12 | I had the amplifier turned up pretty loud , but it was covered with all these cloths and baffles which gave a really dirty , muffled sound . |
| 13 | Heads played a crucial part in developing such a culture , but it was sustained by other leaders ( especially deputies ) and by active participation of staff members . |
| 14 | A very big ship , but it was broken in two , with white water breaking all over it . |
| 15 | But it was beset by internal politics and narrow-mindedness . |
| 16 | It was the longest avenue of trees to be found in Europe , but it was cut into two by the construction of the new dual carriageway road , constructed after the second world war , to link the Great West Road with the extended Cromwell Road . |
| 17 | The new youth movement of the 1880s shared many of these concerns in varying degrees , but it was motivated by several other ambitions which included keeping boys ‘ off the streets ’ , actively teaching the value of discipline , spreading the public school esprit de corps , and generally advocating the intangible virtues of ‘ character ’ . |
| 18 | But it was confirmed by harder evidence , above all by the national survey conducted for the 1960 Royal Commission on the Police . |
| 19 | Their trial was slated for 23 November but it was postponed until 10 January 1949 because Geisler broke three ribs in a car crash and was unfit to appear . |
| 20 | The house was originally 15th century , but it was demolished in Victorian times and the present house erected . |
| 21 | A breed society had been established in 1910 ; the original 1912 herdbook lapsed after a decade because there was so much crossing with larger breeds , but it was revived in 1982 . |
| 22 | Strangely enough , the most critical discovery had already been made , before Hess published his idea , but it was left to two other geologists , F.J. Vine and D.H . |
| 23 | But it was left to young Joey to fill the manor 's big top with cheers as he raced away to make it 3-0 . |
| 24 | It was only a relatively small Arab army that arrived in Egypt in AD 639 , but it was welcomed by many Egyptians anxious to see the overthrow of the unpopular Byzantine rulers . |
| 25 | Bahrain previously had an elected constituent assembly , but it was dissolved in 1975 after two years [ see pp. 26340 ; 27364 ] . |
| 26 | But it was passed by 848 votes to 10 . |
| 27 | The implementation with fuzzy rules worked , but it was provided with substantial prior knowledge in the form of the rules , and I am not sure how much of its success was due to learning . |
| 28 | But it was agreed on all sides , and most importantly by Graham Watson himself , that his instructions were that the fee was to go to a charitable organisation flying relief into Biafra . |
| 29 | The inland sea at her door might be seven miles across , but it was enclosed on three sides by islands . |