Example sentences of "but it [was/were] [vb pp] in [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 | But it was built in 1751 as an inland lighthouse to guide travellers across what was then an empty open and desolate countryside . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A very big ship , but it was broken in two , with white water breaking all over it . |
| 5 | The house was originally 15th century , but it was demolished in Victorian times and the present house erected . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Bahrain previously had an elected constituent assembly , but it was dissolved in 1975 after two years [ see pp. 26340 ; 27364 ] . |