Example sentences of "but it [be] [noun] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is bait which hit back with bullets . |
| 2 | But it is time they recognised the PLO as the real representative of the Palestinian people . ’ |
| 3 | " There are other things more unkind , but it is time I went . " |
| 4 | ‘ But it 's time you did ! ’ |
| 5 | But it was Ryker who sat forward to restrain his companion . |
| 6 | Cuvier had claimed to be able to reconstruct an animal from a single bone , but it was Owen who did it , working out that a bone from New Zealand , broken at the ends , must have come from an enormous flightless bird , and being vindicated when the complete skeleton of a moa was found later . |
| 7 | Ruth clenched her hands inside her cloak , nerving herself to follow him ; but it was Fand who did n't move . |
| 8 | But it was Wolf who succeeded best in the nineteenth century in bringing drama into natural history illustration . |
| 9 | But it was Woodruffe who came around from the cab . |
| 10 | But it was Morse who answered : ‘ If you wish , Lewis , I will give you the names and addresses of the three of them there that open all day . |
| 11 | But it was Morse who did so , as he continued : |
| 12 | His departure spurred Widnes , especially lively second rower Richie Eyres , but it was Wigan who pounced first . |
| 13 | School Mission had first been conceived by Edward Thring , headmaster of Uppingham , but it was Eton which opened the first club in 1880 , followed by Harrow in 1883 . |
| 14 | But it was Belle who said , ‘ What about the hats ? ’ |
| 15 | They 'd only been beaten 3 times this season so you feared the worst , but it was Oxford who struck next ; another no goal , or no penalty , according to Kevin Keegan . |
| 16 | This I could have done from the Royal College — but it was Oxford I wanted — and to go to Somerville where I had a friend who told me about it . |
| 17 | Roger Daltrey , all Shirley Temple curls and inflated biceps , swung his microphone dutifully and John Entwistle , in a tatty spiv 's blouson and shock of white hair , stood characteristically immobile , but it was Townshend who looked most chirpy . |
| 18 | But it was Wills who posed the most potent threat from the number one contender 's corner . |
| 19 | But it was Cromwell who remained the arch repository of true evil in the world , Cromwell who had persecuted Ireland so greatly as to overshadow even Queen Elizabeth who , vilifying Mary Stuart , had put her to a martyr 's death . |
| 20 | The Woman leaned forward , her face eager , but it was Doyle who answered , dropping every word slowly so that it rippled like a stone in a pond . |
| 21 | But it was theatre which sucked in an eager audience across the channel . |
| 22 | She also holed from 40 feet for a birdie at the short 17th , but it was Mason who preserved their lead . |
| 23 | But it was Lisabeth who got the mince for him . |
| 24 | But it was Vose who came through with a strong finish on the final circuit to claim second place , but he could not match Pearson 's strength on the hills . |
| 25 | We all thought that Trotsky could have run rings round him , but it was Stalin who survived to wreck the last few hopes of the Revolution and now to swallow up Eastern Europe . ’ |
| 26 | Since he first published his equations there has been a considerable literature developed which is devoted to expanding and refining this algebraic approach , but it was Bukharin who helped lay the foundation for this later work . |
| 27 | But it was Swindon who had all the chances . |
| 28 | But it was Indica which seemed to most disturb the paper . |
| 29 | were regular visitors at his home , but it was Busoni who became Petri 's mentor , and close friend . |
| 30 | Hamilton was at the heart of our defence that day and every one of them were heroes , but it was Hamilton who subdued Jimmy Trotter ( later the manager of Charlton ) who was Wednesday 's most dangerous forward . |