Example sentences of "was [adj] but [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was tall but Tom was an awful lot taller , he must be six-two in his socks , Meredith calculated . |
| 2 | In six the electroencephalogram between events was normal but recordings during events showed epileptic activity preceding the onset of prolonged apnoeic pauses or irregular breathing patterns , with falls in Sao 2 . |
| 3 | When I woke up it was light but Marcus was n't in the bed . |
| 4 | Reid was faultless but Rafferty was better . |
| 5 | Cleveland 's community development committee said the kitty was empty but club secretary Les Crossman promised the Bankers would survive until the end of the season . |
| 6 | The car ran out of control and all three were stretchered to hospital ; Law was fortunate but Baker had a broken nose and a badly injured eye . |
| 7 | it was gorgeous but Chris was saying that Tescos do one , but they call it passion cake which is the same thing |
| 8 | Carrie thought this was rude but Auntie Lou did n't seem to mind . |
| 9 | Winter was cold but autumn is come — the stubble fields , and so on . |
| 10 | With most people homesickness was inevitable but Eva had already been away from her family for several years and had never been a person to sit and pine for long . |
| 11 | The ground was soft but fear ploughed the wheel through it , until at last I saw the Land Rover , silhouetted on a spit of amber . |
| 12 | Yesterday gunmen opened fire on a taxi queue , no one was injured but paramilitaries have said mass murder of catholics is their objective . |
| 13 | It was rough but people were used to that type of thing . |
| 14 | The question was casual but Rachel thought she detected a flicker of interest in Louise 's blue eyes and she wondered if the stories about herself and David had reached the welfare office yet or whether she was simply becoming paranoid where he was concerned . |
| 15 | Common sense told her to beat it while the going was good but loyalty held her , undecided . |
| 16 | Broadly speaking , sound was good but Mr Ponor felt the sound of the carriage at the beginning was a little distracting and went on for too long . |
| 17 | The response was ungracious but Dalgliesh thought he detected relief . |
| 18 | Bangor 's forward power was evident but Banbridge defended well and their defence was not breached again until the 37th minute when McKinty again made the initial surge for Dawson to cross for his second try of the game . |
| 19 | When they came back Auntie Lou was red-eyed but Mr Evans seemed almost cheerful . |
| 20 | Mahmoud 's knowledge of English , as of French , was superb but army colloquial occasionally threw him . |
| 21 | The top half of the stable door was open but Waldegrave had apparently closed the bottom behind him . |
| 22 | The door was open but minds , it seemed , remained closed . |
| 23 | Registration was obligatory but voting was optional . |
| 24 | Cobalt 's face was grim but Barbara Coleman wore a sweet smile . |
| 25 | Rain agreed Shildon was thorough but Wainfleet said he had not meant only that . |
| 26 | The work was satisfying but Anne missed the friends she had made and the free and easy atmosphere of the large room , and the jokes and the singing . |
| 27 | She was disappointed but Mark triumphantly said , ‘ I told you so ! ’ |
| 28 | He was nicer when he was young but kind of now , he 's kind of old , do you know what I mean . |
| 29 | Reid felt the first spasm of panic sweeping over him for he knew what Lester was after but Reid just grunted back at Piggott which provided no encouragement at all and he must have been one of the most relieved jockeys in the race to see the starting stalls open for even in the parade beforehand he still had visions of Lester taking over . |
| 30 | Corbett thought London was dirty but Edinburgh was filthy ; rubbish , the remains of meals , broken chamberpots , even corpses of dead animals littered the streets . |