Example sentences of "but [pron] was [adv] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was always you know , always awful tense at er There 's a wee there 's a wee woodworm there sitting . |
| 2 | He wo n't be er , but she was so she said you 're gon na chop the tree down , that tree whe , that he bumped into ! |
| 3 | Cara broke off , but she was still it seemed trying to frantically keep her mind off how ill her beloved husband might be when , turning the conversation to her work , ‘ It 's a perfect beast that I 've got to forgo my interview with Vendelin Gajdusek . ’ |
| 4 | But there was still you know a substantial It was more or less the same case as we had before in terms of the traffic relief that each afforded and the economic rates of return . |
| 5 | But it was when he came to his summing-up or , as they say in Scotland , charge to the jury , that Lord Robertson abandoned all attempts at judicial impartiality . |
| 6 | But it was when he began finding the 26 mile 385 yard distance — which he can complete in two hours and 57 minutes — ‘ about right for starters ’ , that he began to look for a new challenge . |
| 7 | But it was when I came to ask myself the reason for such a wild suggestion that I received a greater shock . |
| 8 | Not through choice , not by a long way , but it was where I 'd made my destiny , even if as an alien . |
| 9 | But it was just I mean , the things that they said honestly weird . |
| 10 | It was just the officers and the screws , not the boys , the boys was O.K. But it was just I turned as soon as I went in , right , as soon as they wanted to be helpful , right , a copper would go like that , ‘ You no got a fag , son ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I may have felt like throttling him , ’ snarled Samuel , ‘ but it was n't me threatening to kill him . |
| 12 | It was a crazy idea , but it was all he had at the moment . |