Example sentences of "but it was [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Fran murmured her thanks as the woman collected the dog and went on her way , but it was a few minutes before she followed her . |
2 | But it was a few days before my birthday , and he has always remembered my birthday . |
3 | Because there was no one at the bottom end , but they 've , they 've got all those extra people in it , it was really frightening when I look back , but the , the reason there could have been , there were er nineteen thousand at the Sunderland match but it was an all ticket game so they restricted the crowds somewhat . |
4 | But it was the same friend who eventually led Jean to the dead man 's ‘ passion wagon ’ caravan . |
5 | But it was the same man … last night 's rescuer and her new temporary employer were one and the same … |
6 | The haughty face was older , harder , but it was the same man she had dreamed of as a very young teenager . |
7 | There was no flat black Córdoba hat , but it was the same man and Maggie felt an almost bitter rush of disappointment , so strong that it took her by surprise . |
8 | The glow through , er yes the paper was erm , was the same colour all the way through and er , and erm they had quite an impact , but of course they , would only last a year or two er and er they started a small factory in London and , erm call it Hula-Hoops I think er , I do n't know whether Hula-Hoops came from the lighting shades or the lighting shades from the Hula-Hoops , but it was the same process that made them both and er this was erm thin plastic tubing brightly coloured , er which was er cemented together into er |
9 | At the same time not only was there another G number but it was the same make of car as the last five G numbers had been and it was the same colour as three out of the last ten cars that had passed the other way . |
10 | She was dressed differently but it was the same face , the same hair , the same pleasant manner , and I said to her , well I put it to her , was she a twin ? |
11 | She would n't have been surprised to see her hair had all turned white ; but it was the same face looking back at her . |