Example sentences of "but it was [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And his first goal tends to get forgotten … but it was 100 times better than Cuntona 's effort a few weeks back , and better than Peles effort … in fact probably the best goal of that type ( 45 yard lobs ) youll ever see . |
| 2 | Robert had seen the development in varying stages , and had assisted in shipping out tons of building materials , but it was four months since he had been to Barbados and a lot of progress had been made since then . |
| 3 | When Adeane left , Charles had definite ideas about the sort of man he wanted to replace him , but it was six months before the right man could be found . |
| 4 | It was a shame to wake the boy , but it was twelve hours now since he had eaten . |
| 5 | ‘ But it was three-and-a-half years in development and nobody could foresee at the start what the economy would be like now . |
| 6 | The U.S. Consul became responsible for our wellbeing but it was fourteen days or more before my parents got word of my survival after being reported missing on 21 May . ’ |
| 7 | So I did , just for a fortnight , but it was fourteen miles there in the morning , and fourteen back at night , and I 'm afraid I threw in the sponge ! |
| 8 | David did not know quite where to look , but it was one occasion , he subsequently recounted to his friends , when it was better to travel than to arrive . |
| 9 | Yeah , but it was one salary |
| 10 | but it was one man and they stuck to him , and they , they lived with them first and then they married . |
| 11 | But it was one thing for James I to have his ideas influenced by Scotland 's natural enemy , England . |
| 12 | But it was one thing to want to see some medium-term alteration of the shape of British industry . |
| 13 | But it was one thing to tell myself that and another to act on it with any conviction . |
| 14 | ‘ The win over England was special but it was two weeks ago . |
| 15 | Well Nick I think you did enjoy the game but it was two points lost rather than one point gained . |
| 16 | The seed was sown in Paris but it was two years later , in Turin , when the first production car , the Dino 206GT , was introduced . |
| 17 | Well it 's quite fun just going off for the odd day cos then he goes off to see Ian , he enjoys that but it was two afternoons last week cos I did Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon |
| 18 | It was a cappuccino one , but it was fifty quid it was ! |
| 19 | This is going to shock you David … but it was 12 years ago . |
| 20 | But it was thirty-one years later and recent scholarship has questioned whether the anecdote might not have been a retrospective invention . |
| 21 | But it was three days before Lachlan received word that his father would see him . |
| 22 | Several R.A.F. planes crashed at locations throughout the county but it was three years until the next disaster brought death and destruction to a quiet residential street in Prestwick . |
| 23 | ‘ But it was ten times more difficult than I expected . |
| 24 | There were stairs but it was ten kilometres straight up to get to the surface . |
| 25 | But it was 6 September before all the Allied left-wing armies could turn about and launch a full-scale attack on the invaders . |