Example sentences of "but [pron] was [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I always fancied my chances of playing against Dublin and so it worked out , but I was taking nothing for granted . |
| 2 | ‘ I felt I did everything right , like the simple things of making the right contact , but I was striking it into the wind and it seemed to tail off at the last minute . ’ |
| 3 | But someone was saying something at the same time as Lord Boddy , making him falter and finally stop in midstride . |
| 4 | anyw anyway erm I was talking to her on the bus not too long ago and , I do n't know how it came up but she was talking about Egypt , and er she 'd been apparently oh some a year or two back cos she did a , an evening course on Egyptology and she went through that , but she was telling me about a friend or friends of hers who 'd been er and told me about the trip . |
| 5 | She trusted him , for her own part , without reserve or doubt ; but she was trusting him for those who crossed the river and took the risks . |
| 6 | I did n't take offence , nor did I think her last question the non sequitur of a schizophrenic — Chineseness had everything to do with financial acumen — but she was treating me with the politeness she would accord a stranger who was her equal . |
| 7 | But she was doing it for their child , and in order to make sure that Angel was happy she needed the Reverend Morey . |
| 8 | The young Canadian took it upon himself in too domineering a fashion to explain about their religion , but she was having none of it . |
| 9 | But she was having none of it . |
| 10 | But they was lying one on top the other , duck — and the little lad was beneath and upside down . |
| 11 | Francis Carco , who was a friend who had bought Modigliani 's work before the crowd , also bought Modigliani 's paintings , but he was given them for what he himself described as a ridiculously cheap price . |
| 12 | Vainly she tried to pull away , but he was crushing her beneath his superior weight . |
| 13 | But he was doing it for his little girl , his Karen , and for her mother , his wife Ruthie . |
| 14 | He was , of course , touching a nerve deep within the Russian psyche , but he was saying something like this , that ‘ if Christ is risen , every argument for atheism is flawed ’ . |
| 15 | But he was saying it in a way that implied possible assent . |
| 16 | It all started out as a silly student prank , but it was to mark me for life . |