Example sentences of "was [adj] but the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first four of these had mainly family farms and the pattern was understandable but the Wester Ross response was more difficult to explain . |
| 2 | The water here was turbulent but the crews held their form well . |
| 3 | The money was alluring but the people with the money were very unattractive . |
| 4 | The boy said he was sorry but the attack continued and the defendant said : ‘ It 's Mr Catherwood to you ’ . |
| 5 | The boy said he was sorry but the attack continued and the defendant said : ‘ It 's Mr Catherwood to you ’ . |
| 6 | Its interior was spacious but the trim stark , hard-edged plastic . |
| 7 | The match-guising results were interesting because instead of the typical prestige of the standard language , and the attractiveness of a dia You know a If you did R P and say er Cockney , you 'd probably get people saying that their R P was prestigious but the cockney was sort of more you know y more friendly and more attractive accent . |
| 8 | Peony was grateful but the fact that it was true did n't help . |
| 9 | It was exciting but the last match on the Saturday with Clark and James and Strange and Stewart taking five hours and 15 minutes to go round in a fourball was a joke . |
| 10 | Judges ruled that the ban on the National Salvation Front was unconstitutional but the decision has little effect as Mr Yeltsin last month cancelled the ban , imposed in December , in a decree . |
| 11 | ‘ It was bloodthirsty but the violence was handled well — after all , they were violent times . ’ |
| 12 | For Tuesday 's budget , the man was different but the message was the same : trust me . |
| 13 | MacQuillan 's was brown but the other man 's … |
| 14 | His arm was outstretched but the Doctor had gone . |
| 15 | Here McMillan 's draw weight with last stone was perfect but the stone did n't curl as expected over the last few yards . |
| 16 | The former was unsuccessful but the latter prospered . |
| 17 | The Dee at Chester was fishable but the only action was from 40 cormorants who have taken up residence above the weir . |
| 18 | But this decision was distinguished in a later case where , in all relevant respects , the wording of the article was similar but the shares were held by the executors of a deceased shareholder . |
| 19 | The front room was dark but the gentle , peaceful fire caringly kept the room at a healthy temperature . |
| 20 | It was frightening but the possibility of her own death was too remote to accept . |
| 21 | The Nimbus was undamaged but the K8 had one wing severed at about half-span as well as other serious damage . |
| 22 | The weather was overcast but the chances were the rain would hold off . |
| 23 | The position was satisfactory but the Society faced considerable expenditure in connection with the Museum and donations would be particularly welcome . |
| 24 | I was disconcerted but the fascination with the film went on . |
| 25 | The battered fedora was optional but the straight brown bob and the invisible make-up were de rigueur . |
| 26 | Martin Luther King won the Nobel Peace Prize and Nelson Mandela was jailed for life ; Winston Churchill was 90 but the only fighting on the beaches was between the Mods and Rockers . |
| 27 | The kitchen was large but the air was warm and dry . |
| 28 | The aim of making the NHS more cost-effective was laudable but the other reforms ‘ may undermine the NHS as we know it ’ . |
| 29 | all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this |
| 30 | At the Bosnian line , the checkpoint was unoccupied but the road was blocked with a vast heap of earth . |