Example sentences of "but [pron] was [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No but I was just sort of testing you out to see , you know , how you reacted . |
| 2 | But I was still Queen of Scots , so I came back to Scotland . |
| 3 | And I said , yeah , but I was very sort of non-committal |
| 4 | The Temple Mount Faithful were prevented from entering the site , but there was nevertheless unrest among the 3,000 or so Arabs congregated there . |
| 5 | Erm that had er most economic histor historians agree that between nineteen fifty two , nineteen fifty fifty two there was a healthy recovery and then a slackening off and that erm another consequence of land reform was to decrease the output marketed by peasants and this was because , as we mentioned earlier , the peasants have a high propensity to consume and lower marketing land was rich peasants erm and that one says that there was a new air reported then in the countryside unleashing unprecedented wave of productive enthusiasm , initiative and creativeness but there was also evidence of instability and uncertainty which hindered erm the advance of erm productiv improving productivity and investment . |
| 6 | The main boundary was between what I have termed selective and non-selective school mathematics but there was also differentiation within these , especially the latter . |
| 7 | But there was also unrest on other occasions , as in the summer months of 1715 and 1716 . |
| 8 | Liverpool 's midweek exertions caught up with them in a low-key second period , but there was still time for Ian Rush to pass the latest in a seemingly endless list of personal landmarks . |
| 9 | I knew it could n't be restored to what it had been in the old days , but there was still room for a club where members had fun rather than did business . |
| 10 | But there was only Bersonin in the room . |
| 11 | He read , ‘ In the beginning there were millions of planets in the Galaxy but there was only life on one . |
| 12 | But there was only misery for Middlesbrough as their treble hopes went up in smoke with a 4–2 defeat at home to Portsmouth in their replay . |
| 13 | She had expected his disapproval , but there was only amusement in his eyes as he smiled , meeting her directness with what sounded like an invitation . |
| 14 | Fraser 's party arrived back on 23 December , but there was only time for a brief celebration , as Stirling , Mayne and Lewes were off the following morning for another series of raids . |
| 15 | Worship might have taken place in any of the sheds or barracks of the men , but there was always risk of detection . |
| 16 | But there was always room for one more in the Conspiracy hunt . |
| 17 | But there was always time for a look at the lighter side of life too , as you 'll find out in , ’ A Decade of News ’ , tomorrow , Wednesday and Thursday at six twenty-five . |
| 18 | He did n't say much , but he was always kind to her . |
| 19 | ‘ But he was always kind to those who were around . ’ |
| 20 | But he was sufficiently master of himself to resist , and pulled out of her , his heart thumping like some crazy locked up in the cell of his chest . |
| 21 | This would mean that Stamford was not only one of the major religious sites of old Albion , but it was also part of a Taurean bull cult extending over the whole world . |
| 22 | The quest for respectability was very much part of the drive to increase audiences generally and to ensure that motion-picture theatres were not confined to any down-town ghetto but it was also part of an even more fundamental question . |
| 23 | It came as a shock , but it was also confirmation of the feeling she had had back at the restaurant when the man , Karr , had spoken to her . |
| 24 | The celebrations were for having pulled it off , but it was also time for many people who had been involved in the project to leave . |
| 25 | Yes but it was already bookings from the year before were n't it ? |
| 26 | ‘ I was really getting stuck into him , but it was mainly tongue in cheek . |
| 27 | yes in little booklets but it was actually homework at , it was produced but for the school , had a school name and crest so |
| 28 | The total length of the frond is 12 cm , but it was originally part of a much larger plant |