Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] were [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we have already said , a creation myth which was symbolically true would have to convey that neither woman nor man was present before the other ; moreover , not that they were created out of dust but that they were integrally related to the rest of the animal creation . |
| 2 | We went to see Antigone in Greek but although we were well primed beforehand you ca n't follow it without a crib . |
| 3 | But if they were then given a choice of several kinds of seeds they would show sudden switches in preference , even though the seeds were chemically much the same . |
| 4 | He did n't even speak as he opened the passenger door for her , but when they were both seated inside , he did n't start the engine , simply sat there instead , gazing out over the slightly sloping and now largely empty car park . |
| 5 | But when they were originally written erm I think it were f seen as fairly low key but now they 've taken , assumed a much greater importance in terms of them being the actual service specification for the new careers services under the , the employment legislation . |
| 6 | In fact the houses in this study were never recalled , but as they were never fixated this is not surprising ; the roadside advertisements , the pedestrian crossing lines and some of the road signs in the study , however , were often fixated without being recalled immediately afterwards . |