Example sentences of "was [adj] but [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was asleep but he 'd just take him home . |
| 2 | Sir , to do summat to do like she was paralysed but she could still feel the pain ? |
| 3 | The thought of risk and high danger was exciting but it must also have been distorting . |
| 4 | The time was after eleven and he was tired but he could never sleep without reading for a few minutes at least . |
| 5 | His Mum and Dad would wonder why it was open but they 'd most likely think that they had forgotten to lock it . |
| 6 | So it was pragmatic but it could also fit into their ideology in that how , that if they 'd gone straight for socialism |
| 7 | Oh yeah it was nice but I 'd rather not have that in it . |
| 8 | Oh yeah it was nice but I 'd rather not have that in it . |