Example sentences of "but it was [adv] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no headstone , but it was neatly tended and there were fresh flowers in a stone jar . |
| 2 | It was sparsely furnished , for Anne had only just come into her inheritance , but it was newly decorated and clean . |
| 3 | I would go further I am not sure whether my Hon. Friends presented such an amendment but it was not called and ask that such a consultative committee comprise a large number of women bus users . |
| 4 | As originally laid there was also a single line curve from Lower Church Street towards Sutton , but it was rarely used and removed after a few years . |
| 5 | The report , prepared by the department 's inspector-general , Sherman Funk , did not name the country concerned , but it was widely recognized and acknowledged in private by officials that the allegations referred to Israel . |