Example sentences of "but [pron] [was/were] [adv] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wade will , of course , always be remembered for one special summer 's afternoon at the All England Club , but she was also world number two in 1975 and won the first-ever U.S. Open in 1968 . |
| 2 | Lorna Lewis might not have made a picture since a flopperoo called It Happened in Monte Carlo three years ago , but she was still Hollywood royalty . |
| 3 | Some $12.8billion was funnelled through the plan between April 1948 and June 1952 , but there was also US aid through other agencies and to other parts of the world , including a substantial slice for Japan . |
| 4 | stew you know like it is a beef ah , but it were n't mince meat , but it were n't stew . |
| 5 | She used to give them Pedigree Chum too , but it was mostly cat food . |
| 6 | But it was not Resenence Jeopardy who danced . |