Example sentences of "but [pron] [was/were] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ultimately , I decided that this was not getting us anywhere , but I was her last hope . |
| 2 | But she was your lost love . ’ |
| 3 | But he was his real father so it was all right . |
| 4 | But he was his own man . ’ |
| 5 | Their legitimate trade may have exceeded their opium trade , but it was their hard-currency resources from opium sales which gave them primacy among the foreign merchants in Canton . |
| 6 | But it was her last film and after that I had to make do with Jean Simmons in Desirée . |
| 7 | In her heart of hearts she had blamed Paul for his unrelenting pressure , but it was her own weakness , her failure to stand up to him , that was responsible for the situation . |
| 8 | It was n't actually a cover , but it was my favourite piece |
| 9 | Getting in would be hazardous ; to say nothing of getting out , but it was his only chance . |
| 10 | His plan was certainly crazy and almost definitely doomed to failure but it was his only option . |
| 11 | But it was his two spells at Rangers , where he was affectionately nicknamed ‘ Bud ’ that the mercurial Johnson established a reputation as a daring winger with a short emotional fuse . |
| 12 | There was novelty in Gorbachev 's appeal for cooperation with Social Democrats , and even religious organisations , in this connection ; but it was his central proposition — that global problems demanded global solutions and that socialism as such provided no solution to them — that was the most distinctive and important element in the address . |
| 13 | The bulk of his lands descended to his eldest son , another Robert , but it was his second son , Sir Thomas Holland , first Earl of Kent [ q.v. ] , who refounded the family 's fortunes , winning fame in the French war , marrying Joan of Kent , granddaughter of Edward I , and acquiring the earldom of Kent in right of his wife . |
| 14 | With only fifteen yards to go Crisp tightened as he felt Red Rum 's presence but it was his dying effort and only lasted for a second . |
| 15 | Rank could blame the government all he liked , but it was his own policies which had antagonized the Americans , alienated audiences and significantly increased the company 's overdraft . |
| 16 | But it was his own fault . |
| 17 | Ken Brown was then the culprit with a fair quota of fines , but it was his own fault . |
| 18 | He knew he had been crowded into a corner , but it was his own fault . |
| 19 | In his diaries he looks forward to future success , but it was his artistic success that he sought before financial security . |
| 20 | But it was his third shot , the penalty for ‘ out of bounds ’ being stroke and distance . |
| 21 | They knew what the national objectives were ie to improve the wellbeing of people who moved ; not to be too expensive and to work jointly with other agencies — but what were their local objectives ? |
| 22 | This Betty Ford Clinic is a famous place , but what were your first impressions of it ? |
| 23 | It is known to everyone as the 'Spruce Goose ’ , but what was its official name ? |
| 24 | There could be a man in a uniform , but what was his inner being ? ’ |