Example sentences of "it was but [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was but one of the kindnesses to younger men to which both Donaldson and Barry referred . |
| 2 | At that time it was but one element in the whole decision-making process of what was I going to do with my life . |
| 3 | This place … it was but one of many thousand such monasteries throughout Chung Kuo . |
| 4 | It was a part of the prophecy of disintegration and chaos to be expected in the latter days ; within that context it was but one detail in a large picture , but here it was all , it was an answer . |
| 5 | It was but one of his many books . |
| 6 | Catch weights , so do n't matters what it was but that man who was weighing them he got no brains , if one was overweight and go down , the next one got ta be underweight and he 'd take that off that and put it on that , he was so quick , wh that 's what he , he was a good checker , they were good men then |
| 7 | Well it was but that was a long time ago I started that , it was tucked inside the book thank you . |
| 8 | I wo , well she was awake in the middle of the night , I do n't know what time it was but all I could hear was mummy , mummy , mummy ! |
| 9 | It was but another appalling accident of war which is never slow to throw them up . |
| 10 | diverting attention from his hopelessness , while helping the group to support him vis-a-vis the child to be helped — not by recounting their own success stories but by recognising what support potential he might already have , buried as it was but ready to be drawn out by support from others . |