Example sentences of "but [pron] was [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | But I was one with the solitaries of the spirit , too : with St Teresa and St John of the Cross as well as with humbler dissidents like Jordi and one or two other men of the working class I had known in Spain , the young bank clerk I had met in Cordoba the previous spring , among the orange and lilac blossom of Las Tendillas , where we walked and whispered , hardly daring to look at one another , and separating at the sight of police . |
2 | I was cast opposite him but I was nothing like the draw he was and we had had a dodgy time on tour . |
3 | But there was nothing of the old maid about her . |
4 | ‘ But there was nothing on the horizon . |
5 | But there was nothing on the bed . |
6 | Ranulf came up and expertly went through their wallets and pockets but there was nothing except a few coins . |
7 | He looked in the shed but there was nothing except the dank smell of bare , sour soil . |
8 | At one point he knelt down and parted the heather with his hands , so sure was he that he had found it , but there was nothing but the scree and the tiny plants which grew amongst it . |
9 | We can assume that the Norse invasions of the later ninth and tenth centuries had some influence on the more vulnerable coastal churches , but there was nothing like the disruption which drove many northern bishoprics southwards for over a century . |
10 | The Tolkien children were invited to swim and punt on Lewis 's lake at The Kilns , but there was nothing in the way of a ‘ family friendship ’ between the two . |
11 | But there was nothing in the shifting canyons of frozen carbon dioxide to tell her . |
12 | But there was nothing in the boot . |
13 | But there was nothing in the available forensic evidence to prove that Libya was the sole author of the atrocity or even among the prime movers . |
14 | But there was nothing in the emptiness , not even a field mouse . |
15 | But there was nothing in the least admiring in this man 's assessment of her . |
16 | But there was nothing in the Budget towards child care , without which such opportunities are meaningless . |
17 | Referring to a case where grammar school children got drunk one night and began damaging cars and property , one of the juvenile liaison police said , ‘ It was the old drink , like , that did it , but there was one from a local children 's home . |
18 | Elspeth was fair-haired , almost blonde , Rebecca was dark but there was something about the eyes they had in common , yet where Elspeth was grave and silent most of the time , Rebecca , or Becky as she was usually called , was lively and voluble . |
19 | Perhaps I have been over enthusiastic about this project , but there was something about the schools I visited , and I am no stranger to African primary schools , which seemed to me to provide a recipe for steady progress . |
20 | The figure in the seat was human , as far as he could make out in the murky light , but there was something about the awkward way it was sprawled in the chair that made him glad he could n't see it any clearer . |
21 | She had no wish to appear impolite but there was something about the man that made her cringe . |
22 | Animals rarely surprise me but there was something about the buck , once I noticed it sitting there , that froze me for a second . |
23 | His tone was polite , but there was something about the scene — the girl with her eyes on the ground , the man with the imperious bearing — that set Caroline 's teeth on edge . |
24 | He was smiling still , but there was something about the smile that sent a warning tingle dancing along her spine . |
25 | His straw boater was new and his plus-fours neat , but there was something of the air of a little boy about him . |
26 | But there was something of an occasion , even a ceremony , even a sacrament , in the way , on this evening , she set out the food and the vessels . |
27 | ‘ But there was something behind the thought , ’ Newman insisted . |
28 | But there was something in the air like hummingbirds poised over exotic blooms or velvet sheened butterflies . |
29 | She hated to admit it to herself , but there was something in the style and appearance of his note that would not do . |
30 | Peck was annoyed at the interruption , but there was something in the bearing of the man who stood before him which could not be ignored . |