Example sentences of "[noun] but it [was/were] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It led to some job losses but it was justified in the company 's longer-term interests — and therefore the interests of the majority of employees . |
| 2 | Thomson with the corner he 's looking for Whitlow but it was headed by Rozario Thomson can try again . |
| 3 | The main lode was the Paddy End Vein but it was associated with a number of strong veins . |
| 4 | Leeds also had the ball in the net with the last kick of the first half but it was disallowed for no apparent reason . |
| 5 | ‘ We say that the letter was written by Paula Gilfoyle but it was written at the defendant 's request and dictation and no such person as Nigel existed . |
| 6 | ‘ Every general manager in the company wanted the job but it was offered to me because I had the greatest European experience , so when the owners sold it , it seemed beyond belief . |
| 7 | Their trial was slated for 23 November but it was postponed until 10 January 1949 because Geisler broke three ribs in a car crash and was unfit to appear . |
| 8 | This was rare in Jewish custom but it was demanded in the Passover celebration ( Mark 14:22 ; Matt. |
| 9 | The state was not the originator of all these transformations but it was implicated in them in quite new ways . |
| 10 | D-arginine ( 5×10 - 4 M ) had no effect upon this inhibition but it was reversed by the addition of L-arginine at the same concentration ( fig 5 ) . |
| 11 | Ion Aurel Stoica , leader of the government 's negotiating team and Minister of State for the Quality of Life and Social Security , offered his resignation on the same day but it was rejected by Roman . |
| 12 | Originally this enclosed the medieval interior of the cathedral but it was transferred to its present location in 1924 . |
| 13 | Mr Weller may not have actually been the one who shut the door but it was inferred from what was heard that he was . |
| 14 | There was certainly a note of concern in my father 's voice but it was overlaid with annoyance , as if I 'd let him down by finding a dead body . |
| 15 | He was preparing himself for a British Council tour of France but it was cancelled at the last moment ; he did , however , fly to Amsterdam and then on to Rome in December under the auspices of the same organization . |
| 16 | Just Like A Man , As Soon As The Tide Comes and Surface Of The Moon all received favourable receptions from the polite audience but it was left to Spit In The Rain , Stone Cold Sober and the band 's ode to suburbia Nothing Ever Happens , to set Middlesbrough Town Hall alight . |
| 17 | Inevitably some retribution followed for the county 's Parliamentarianism but it was modified by the need to maintain good government and social order . |
| 18 | Montreuil has a fascinating history , it was once a port but it was abandoned by the sea years ago and is now 14 kilometres from the coast . |
| 19 | Its overall width is greater than the needs of the twentieth century but it was designed for moving herds of animals , not for the motor car . |
| 20 | Their spectacular growth was partly due to natural increase but it was fuelled by immigration from the countryside , particularly after the railways had ushered in an era of cheap mass travel . |