Example sentences of "but [pron] was [art] [noun sg] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I lost a fortune by closing the place down , but there was no way I wanted to carry on the business . ’ |
| 2 | I did n't think I 'd be able to keep my sanity or my family if it happened again , but there was no way I was going to let him make me sign for a loan I did n't want . |
| 3 | It was a big step to take , but there was no way I could contemplate settling down to bring up my family in London , and I knew my wife felt the same way as she loved the sea and country . |
| 4 | You could have refused , of course , but it was a choice I should n't have forced you to make . ’ |
| 5 | John MacEwen said he 'd follow me in his pick-up , and that the journey would probably kill him , but it was a chance I had to take , he was definitely going to die if I left him there . |
| 6 | Well , sir , I thought I had only found a cook , but it was a crew I had discovered ! |
| 7 | I could not remember ever having seen one of his poems in The New Yorker , but it was a magazine I saw only occasionally in those days . |