Example sentences of "but i [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know it then but I was receiving subliminal training for later business life . |
| 2 | ‘ Not in the conventional sense , but I was given moral codes of conduct to follow . ’ |
| 3 | Apparently not only had I collapsed on stage last night , but I was having intravenous chemotherapy between shows , sobbing and grimacing in agony in my dressing room . |
| 4 | , but I was saying any way I like |
| 5 | I pointed out that most sentences in the Bible began with And , but I was told that English had changed since the time of King James , In that case , I argued , why make us read the Bible ? |
| 6 | ‘ But I was working all night — ’ she began . |
| 7 | But I was to discover another facet of Soviet hospital life when , after the last meal of the day at six o'clock , I became aware of a plaintive female voice outside my window . |