Example sentences of "they were but " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were but 11 at the time of the Falklands War and turning 14 as Gorbachev entered the Kremlin . |
| 2 | These ghastly memorials were frequently laid down during the lifetime of the persons they were intended to commemorate , in order that they might constantly be reminded that they were but mortal . |
| 3 | Alan told me how old they were but I 'm a bit vague about kids , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 4 | Oh , we 're sure they were but er this was the thing with a private collier company where you had er a sort of , not quite chairman , of the colliery sitting there at the top o in the office , watching everybody come and go . |
| 5 | However diverse the animals and plants of the modern world , they were but the last in a long sequence of populations that have replaced one another throughout the earth 's history . |
| 6 | Anne wondered if Ella knew just how queer they were but only said , ‘ I think it would be better all round if Cormac tried to get a job . |
| 7 | The nature of the two eyes of the Fate of the discworld was this : that while at a mere glance they were simply dark , a closer look would reveal — too late ! — that they were but holes opening onto a blackness so remote , so deep that the watcher would feel himself inexorably drawn into the twin pools on infinite night and their terrible , wheeling stars … |
| 8 | And near the Post Office , opposite the Post Office , so they were But the only thing I did n't like there was the houses opposite me They all seemed to be in their windows watching everything . |
| 9 | They were but a few examples giving testimony to campaigns against the commercial exploitation of living things for the creation of products and processes for industry , agriculture and research science . |
| 10 | They were but it 's the recession and no-one 's building at the moment . |
| 11 | I saw movements from from er the far side of the room , erm which with , due to the light , erm I could distinguish as being human beings but er not immediately what sex they were but I could see enough to say that they were persons . |
| 12 | They were but it , well it was an event , a big event in , in the , among the younger people anyway in Brooks in Willenhall then and er it was really lovely , really lovely I forget if we had to pay to go in , but er we had er we saved up for a good few weeks before , so that we would have some money to spend at the Wakes it was one of the an event of the year then , but erm I used to like Willenhall Wakes and er I used to go dancing a lot well I was allowed to go dancing cos I 've always loved singing and dancing you see and er I was allowed but I had to be home before my father got home , but I was n't always . |
| 13 | Even the first day back there was hardly any atmosphere at all very serious mood they were but Kim keeps well out of it . |
| 14 | Lovely bedrooms they were but she 'd keep saying she wanted to go out like , you know . |