Example sentences of "but it [was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was more writing beneath this , but it was printed too small to be legible . |
| 2 | But it was given very full and serious consideration . ’ |
| 3 | No censorship would take place beforehand , but it was made quite clear that on these issues the press was expected to censor itself , to know what ought not to be reported . |
| 4 | At this airport the pottery was the same , but it was placed so high up the wall that I was on tiptoe and firing upwards . |
| 5 | The origin of platelet activating factor released by the pancreas stimulated with caerulein is not known but it was shown earlier that caerulein and cholecystokinin are capable of increasing the incorporation of labelled acetate into platelet activating factor in the isolated pancreatic lobules and to increase the synthesis of this phospholipid . |