Example sentences of "but it [was/were] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was one the er er er er , the village green |
| 2 | But it was what the executive council thought the increase in wages should be not what the members thought . |
| 3 | The ‘ image ’ of C. S. Lewis , which many were to find rebarbative , was not , as they imagined , stage-managed or rehearsed , but it was none the less odd for that . |
| 4 | When it came , there was nothing at all ominous in the reason for Christian 's unexpected visit … but it was none the less a bombshell . |
| 5 | But it was she the older , the larger and clumsier , who listened to him over supper . |