Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] but [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arsenal 's breaks were few but always threatening and Oldham , after a first flurry , found openings increasingly elusive . |
| 2 | For the first time since Heaven , Ace thought of Julian , and the times they had sat in worn green leather armchairs , the hum of traffic from the A40 outside making waves in their glasses , knowing that the barman thought they were underage but also knowing that Ace intimidated him so much that he would n't say anything . |
| 3 | Her tenants were poor but carefully selected in accordance with their apparent potential for self-improvement . |
| 4 | The audiences at the first show of the evening were sparse but hair-raisingly alert . |
| 5 | Skirts were full but invariably finished just over the knee — and how many women would like to wear printed velvet breeches ? |
| 6 | When normality for either group was not reasonable the corresponding test used was the Mann-Whitney , although this assumed that the shapes of the two underlying distributions ( for regulated and random ) were identical but possibly shifted in terms of the median . |
| 7 | Bandboys were fun but strictly barred by the Tiller office . |
| 8 | ‘ I wanted something that was melodic but yet did n't sound like any conventional grouping of instruments . |
| 9 | They were quite far apart , it was light but still felt enclosed : you could look up and see the high tops of the pines swaying in a wind that you could n't feel down on the ground . |
| 10 | Reza Shah was literate but scarcely educated . |
| 11 | It was the first time in my life I had experienced anything like this and was nervous but deeply honoured . |
| 12 | I I heard the other day what I thought was one of the best advertisements not to have an animal for Christmas very emotive , er I think it was for the R S P C A , and I I 'm told I do n't think you 've heard it but it b basically it 's it 's er the sound of a er well it 's a human pretending to be a dog really and saying you know , Well this is nice my my er family have taken me to the vet , I did n't think I was ill but never mind . |
| 13 | Equipment was conventional but well maintained . |
| 14 | All three studies confirmed the Best and Gemberling ( 1977 ) effect when the exposure duration was brief but also found that more prolonged initial exposure generated latent inhibition both when the exposure-conditioning interval was short ( 3–4 h ) and when it was long ( 24 h or more ) . |
| 15 | His voice was soft but still held authority . |
| 16 | Habermas 's theory involves a reflexive moment that was present but unsatisfactorily worked out in the earlier versions of critical theory . |
| 17 | He had been experimenting with dental floss , which was multi-stranded but then broke when rubbed against rocks or weeds . |
| 18 | Radicalism can and should offer an alternative formulation which is positive , which makes it possible not just to see that one 's previous knowledge was incorrect but also to understand more about the world . |
| 19 | Emily was reluctant but finally relented , agreeing to make a five-minute detour . |
| 20 | I was startled but merely replied , ‘ You know my views . |
| 21 | The apartment maintained by Ladram Avionics on Park Avenue was small but comfortably fitted out in contemporary style . |
| 22 | Her room was small but nicely furnished , and she smiled at the sight of a posy of flowers in a vase on the dressing-table . |
| 23 | This , too , was small but nicely furnished and comfortable-looking . |
| 24 | It was small but perfectly formed , as Dudley Moore is fond of saying of himself . |
| 25 | With Bacon , Minton was familiar but never close . |
| 26 | The woman was uninjured but extremely upset . |
| 27 | oh well I thought it was green but never mind |
| 28 | The responding smile was well-meant but understandably limp . |
| 29 | If Philip Leapor had earlier been hostile to his daughter 's poetry fearing it was unprofitable but then left her at liberty , it was probably because she had convinced him that she could earn money with her pen . |