Example sentences of "[was/were] but [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They and the neighbours were but mildly impressed and Maria clearly disbelieving . |
| 2 | Not only having gone to higher standards of were but also looking to account a motion which has already been passed by the Environment Committee on the fourteenth of September nineteen ninety three and what I was basically saying was that erm incinerator should come to That 's Life that the current E E C proposals on erm that that and I know that 's not a rule but in fact when Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution is actually considering this want to draw their attention to a motion which in some cases were saying that we would expect the highest possible standards if those developments were to go ahead with the . |
| 3 | Anne wondered if Ella knew just how queer they were but only said , ‘ I think it would be better all round if Cormac tried to get a job . |
| 4 | While marriage represented the only means to a livelihood for a majority of middle class women , most of whom were but poorly educated , it was nevertheless not ‘ done ’ for a young woman to solicit male attention . |
| 5 | The amiable West Indian realized that the man who served up the frothy coffee was not looking at his watch in order to see what time it was but more to indicate that he knew damned well what time it was — late , too late . |
| 6 | No one any longer recalls where this unusual dish had its origins ; indeed some people have been unkind enough to suggest that it was but recently invented by Mr Rory McGurk at the Dehydrated Rambler , on finding himself with too much ageing shepherd 's pie left on his hands . |
| 7 | Herr Hamnett , who was but recently arrived in Vienna for the purpose of vacation , had been residing at the home of a friend , a certain Herr Sanders of Kagrant . |