Example sentences of "but [det] [was/were] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That the economy of Cuzco depended on tourists was not in doubt ; but neither was the fact that to those who did not profit directly from them , the tourists were often treated with resentment and distaste : . |
| 2 | Tate or Bedser would manage a good economy rate , and the former would make some runs , but neither was the lithest of athletes . |
| 3 | The Church of England was not what it once was ; but neither was the Conservative Party . |
| 4 | Sylvia , the elder married one , was well-built and healthy , but that was the best that could be said for her ; Mrs Wexford had a magnificent figure and a fine profile although she had never been of the stuff that wins beauty contests . |
| 5 | But that was the uniformed branch 's pigeon , not his . |
| 6 | But that was the way they did things over there — well-meaning but fussy . |
| 7 | He might have been stumped on 44 but that was the only chance he gave . |
| 8 | But that was the way of things . |
| 9 | But that was the acceptable side of the army , the childlike side . |
| 10 | Strange logic but that was the rule . |
| 11 | There 's a big dent in the nearside sill , but that was the result of Darren hitting something solid while pulling on to the grass verge of a Lake District lane to let another car through . |
| 12 | Because of my injury I did get as far as the Spanish Steps and the shops in Rome , but that was the extent of my sightseeing . |
| 13 | In 1797 the young Poles of Danzig did stage a street demonstration , but that was the limit of their effort to revive the Polish state , and the limit of their willingness to parade a Polish identity . |
| 14 | But that was the risk they had taken in joining him . |
| 15 | There was talk in the racing press of her being retained by one of the country 's top trainers for next season , but that was the first she 'd heard about it . |
| 16 | But that was the way of it as long as she could remember . |
| 17 | He could now read and write in French , and had learned a little English from Edouard , but that was the extent of his achievements . |
| 18 | ‘ I was always hopeful that I would be able to fight my way back into the representative scene but that was the early chance I needed ’ , recalled Roebuck . |
| 19 | I could n't believe I was sitting in church but that was the start of the road back . |
| 20 | Of course if Adam had invited his parents to make themselves at home at Wyvis Hall , use it as a hotel , while he was away , they would have lent him any amount , but that was the last thing Adam would have done . |
| 21 | But that was the shock awaiting staff at Knowle infants school , Solihull , yesterday when nine new pairs of three , four and five-year-olds arrived on the same day to join one couple of twins already there . |
| 22 | De Niro had to fight for him to co-star in GoodFellas , but that was the picture which changed it all . |
| 23 | Is that what she was like ? ’ and all I could do was say well , no , not at all … but that was the licence you got at the NME , because the most important word in the paper is I . ’ |
| 24 | It was the same story every time : nothing at all until at last the significance of the date went home — ‘ But that was the day it was snowing , do n't you remember ? ’ |
| 25 | But that was the day it was snowing , I remember now ! ’ |
| 26 | It is nowhere stated that the ground which had been occupied was to be abandoned , but that was the result . |
| 27 | Poor ol' Charlie Wilson meant well , but that was the situation ’ . |
| 28 | But that was the past . |
| 29 | he screamed to persuade himself that he was not frightened , and suddenly the barricade dissolved in an explosion of smoke through which the musket flames stabbed like shivers of light and the General 's long white moustache was whipped by a bullet that went on to tear away his left ear-lobe , but that was the only injury he took for he had always been a lucky man , and he caught a glimpse of long weeds shivering under the silver water beneath the bridge , then he kicked his heels hard back , and his awkward ugly horse clumsily jumped the heaped-chairs at the right-hand end of the barricade . |
| 30 | You know there , , I , I was n't actually in , but that was the message I got so . |