Example sentences of "but it [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he would give her anything then but it were like the doctor said it was too late . |
| 2 | Topaz knew she would have to make her confession concerning her lost temper , but it was worth a penance . |
| 3 | I think even Nigel thought he was on dodgy ground here , but it was worth a try . |
| 4 | But it was worth a try . |
| 5 | but it was worth a try was n't it ? |
| 6 | I can say ‘ It was a failure but it was worth a go ’ . |
| 7 | We headed north to Port de Centuri on a trip that was only 35 miles yet seemed like 135 as a result of the sheer concentration needed on the mountain roads but it was worth every second because of the incredible views . |
| 8 | It took almost two years to complete — but it was worth every bead of sweat . |
| 9 | It took about twenty minutes to ascend the 212 steps , but it was worth the effort . |
| 10 | And erm so we set off and I ca n't remember which village it was but it was towards the Humber Estuary somewhere and it was what I call a cul-de-sac village . |
| 11 | Fragments of lacquerware have been excavated dating from as long ago as the Shang Dynasty ( from about 1700 to about 1000 BC ) , but it was during the Han Dynasty ( 206 BC to AD 220 ) that lacquer painting flourished . |
| 12 | But it was during the night you see , the the nineteen fifty three one was started wayward nine or ten o'clock . |
| 13 | But it was during the Enlightenment that the breadth and depth of Scottish thought was shown most brilliantly . |
| 14 | Again , I can not remember what we had to eat , though we had tried to obtain a suitable cheese ; but it was during the meal that Eliot uttered one of the most Eliotic of his remarks . |
| 15 | But it was during the war that real expansion occurred as branches turned with renewed vigour to improve child and maternity welfare . |
| 16 | But it was on the comm , put straight through to me without warning . |
| 17 | But it was on the greens that Willie came into his own . |
| 18 | But it was on the continent that the cream of the drivers could be found . |
| 19 | The Mas Rose had no gas , no electricity , no running water , but it was on the mountain , it had a spring , the air was pure , one could see the Ventoux , famous of course for the love of Pétrarque for Laure . |
| 20 | He began at left-back , but it was on the right that he really excelled and became recognised as a quality player by friend and foe alike . |
| 21 | Stop them ! " screamed the little peer , but it was of no avail . |
| 22 | But it was of no avail , and as the time passed I was the unwilling witness of the gradual transition from heartiness to silence , then to something like panic . |
| 23 | We 're nothing , of ourselves we might have thought we had but it was of no value whatsoever , but he took us , he says , now you 're something because you belong to me . |
| 24 | But it was over the husband of her closest friend that she grieved most deeply . |
| 25 | But it was as a broadcaster that Ron Pickering will be best remembered . |
| 26 | But it was as a cotton spinner , not a merchant , that Mayall excelled and by 1870 he controlled approximately 319,000 spindles , with c .1,350 hands . |
| 27 | But it was as a planner of convenient houses that he particularly excelled . |
| 28 | But it was as a leader of the unemployed that Hannington rose to national prominence . |
| 29 | Hiorne 's work in a classical idiom included two buildings of some individuality , the churches of St Anne 's , Belfast ( 1776 , demolished ) , which showed the influence of the baroque St Philip 's , Birmingham , and Tardebigge , Worcestershire ( 1777 ) , with its striking needle spire ; but it was as an architect specializing in the Gothic style that he gained a particular reputation . |
| 30 | We could still hear the fighting , but it was at a distance , while the sermons from the mosque were louder than ever . |