Example sentences of "[noun] but it [was/were] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His memory of yesterday evening was patchy : he had several pictures like still photographs in his mind but it was difficult to link them together . |
| 2 | He looked down the road but could see nobody ; the driver had hopped the fence but it was impossible to say where . |
| 3 | Eleven o'clock , there were n't restrictions then on , they could keep open as long as they liked , no restrictions on , on time , and er as I say their own place you know it really it was picturesque , I thought in since erm I contacted you I 've been thinking how , what I could help with and er what I could still think about , and er it was really a sight because to walk and it always used to be crowded , well it was one of the best markets round here and er people used to go off and from Bloxwich and er although there 's a good market at Walsall there was n't a Bloxwich market then sadly for years and years , but erm and then if you went to Wolverhampton you got to walk through Windsfield you got to er walk everywhere you went then and except on a Saturday night when the wagonettes used to run on a Saturday but it was amazing to see the girl behind the range now controlling |
| 4 | If that was the discovery Francis had made and mentioned in his diary it might have caused him distress but it was hard to see it as providing a motive for his murder . |
| 5 | ‘ It was a bad day and we only caught about 2lb 6oz but it was enough to land the trophy , 2 added Alf , a foreman in the fabrication department . |
| 6 | Approximately 80,000 to 100,000 Korean troops ( the Korean Volunteer Army ) had from time to time been reported as serving in Manchuria with the communist armies but it was difficult to ascertain actual strengths . |
| 7 | Mr Baker said it would be ‘ exceedingly difficult ’ for Mr Gorbachev to revitalise the Soviet economy but it was premature to predict failure . |
| 8 | It was n't difficult to pick up people for casual sex but it was difficult to transfer that casual sex contact into any sort of relationship . |
| 9 | Nick was used to the tunnel-visioned stubbornness of jockeys but it was difficult to square this cast-iron inner confidence with the slight features of the young girl sitting across the table from him . |
| 10 | He tried squeezing through the bars but it was impossible to escape . |
| 11 | He tried to give comfort but it was difficult to find words after such a bizarre accident , except to explain what had happened . |
| 12 | You could open the doors but it was impossible to get into the car . |
| 13 | Youthful enthusiasm was welcomed by many of the older members of the Labour Party but it was difficult to control within the constitutional and political limitations of the Party organization . |