Example sentences of "but [det] [was/were] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her feet and hands were so cold they did n't seem to belong to her , but that was nothing to the coldness inside . |
| 2 | But that was nothing to the agony of never seeing him again , her heart replied despairingly . |
| 3 | But that was something of a false dawn . |
| 4 | Here , indeed , this freak of fortune was felt to be all the more cruel on account of the impossibility of resenting it openly ; but this was nothing to the delighted grandfather . |
| 5 | During the first six months of its existence it recorded 156 combats and seventeen confirmed victories ; most of these at Verdun , where it fought intermittently from May to Though still only partially fledged , the Lafayette 's direct contribution to the Battle of Verdun had been significant ; but this was nothing to what , indirectly , its presence there did for the French cause . |