Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] but [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The executive directors at NatWest were tremendously supportive but we did n't necessarily need support , we needed experienced guidance . |
| 2 | I always remember like I were only little but I remember these things you know . |
| 3 | Thelma and Louise were both upset but I shed no tears over what we all knew was a happy event … |
| 4 | The Location of Offices Bureau showed the way in South-East England ; distances moved from central London were often modest but they did have the effect of prising population outward . |
| 5 | Third in this trilogy of deaf men of remarkable achievements of this era who were mainly oralist but who respected those that used sign language was Abraham Farrar , born at Leeds , who became deaf at the age of 3 due to scarlet fever . |
| 6 | These labels denote the shown positions and the pieces that were originally present but which wander away into other positions as the faces are turned . |
| 7 | They were perfectly civil but I sensed that my private engagements had a pretty low priority . |
| 8 | Later on they would be joined or replaced by others whose services were equally important but who came too late to be captured on canvas . |
| 9 | Whatever the reason , she wept , heartbroken tears that were almost silent but which tore her apart . |
| 10 | ‘ They were pretty threatening but we tried to reason with them by offering free meals to children . |
| 11 | They were very discreet but it looked to me like an assignation . ’ |
| 12 | We were very fortunate but I do remember the guns used to go off and I , when my so my son was born the , the guns were going off all the time from the castle . |
| 13 | Sorry an audition thing she had , she has n't got they were very impressed but she has n't got it . |
| 14 | He was dead tired but he kept up his gallop , and at the post had four lengths to spare over Spartan Missile , with Royal Mail two lengths further back in third . |
| 15 | It was dead right but it gave me a tough act to follow and only Joyce 's famous ‘ George , do n't do that ’ would fit the bill . |
| 16 | If so it was a redundant measure even in this strange and singular place , even given their odd , frozen state ( as the castle was frozen , so were they ; as the castle was slowly crumbling but they stayed in their stasis , so their hopes , their chances decayed ) . |
| 17 | The guide was most boring but I remembered the poetic bits . ’ |
| 18 | I was so unhappy but I had nowhere else to go so I stayed until the baby was born . |
| 19 | Sorry I was so quiet but I did n't know who I liked best . |
| 20 | It seemed to Sam that she looked the tall girl over very intently during those few moments , but then most people looked twice at Evelyn , not because she was especially beautiful but she had a kind of composure unusual in a street girl . |
| 21 | Shlomo Green was only 62 but he looked much older . |
| 22 | As their only match preparation for the Test , it was patently inadequate but it did alert them to the vast difference between the cricketing conditions and environment in the Caribbean and those in Australia and New Zealand where they had performed so impressively in gaining the semi-finals of the World Cup . |
| 23 | The pillbox roof was just visible but you had to know it was there to spot it . |
| 24 | I do n't know if it was totally successful but I enjoyed it . |
| 25 | Harriet 's voice was still casual but it struck Meredith its carelessness was now a little forced . |
| 26 | He was still calm but she thought that his face was paler . |
| 27 | His tone was still laconic but she heard the undertones and was warned . |
| 28 | Progress was unavoidably slow but they set up and directed most of the subversive organisations . |
| 29 | Well it might if it was more expensive but I mean it might just be more expensive anyway . |
| 30 | Bill : I had been having sex , occasionally , with men since I was about fourteen but I had no gay social life at all . |