Example sentences of "[noun] was [adv prt] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The roof was on but there was a lot of external brickwork to be done , ’ says Mem . |
| 2 | Nadim Bashir , defending , said Fulcher , of Spencerfield Crescent , Thorntree , Middlesbrough , now accepted his marriage was over but at the time of the incident there were problems over access to their children . |
| 3 | Er , and Mo Mowlam , that 's why I watched it cos Mo Mowlam was on but anyway all these nurses getting twenty thousand a year , staff nurses . |
| 4 | Springsteen was out but there were tell-tale signs that he 'd been ruling the roost and no evidence that he was pining for my return . |
| 5 | When , you know when that strike was on but it 's like a lot of people |
| 6 | Mr Carruthers said that the vast majority of evidence was over but acknowledged he was concerned that Mr McTear would not be able to conclude his testimony . |
| 7 | But you see the We 'd got no stall that end open to us and no stall that end , and the gate was down but we working to breakthrough to get some fresh air through from there . |
| 8 | His pipe was out but he did not relinquish hold of it . |
| 9 | Mr Jones was out but would most certainly be in touch when he came back , and yes , the police had phoned and Mr Jones would be given the message as soon as he came in . |
| 10 | Miss Dalzell was out but she says the bedsit was not properly equipped . |
| 11 | She would play happily on the sand for hours as long as the tide was out but would run from the beach as soon as the sea came to within several yards of where she was sitting . |
| 12 | When I got indoors Mum was out but Frankie was sitting in her chair by the fire warming his toes on the fender . |
| 13 | CHRISTMAS was over but the war was not . |
| 14 | They had never spoken of the future and what would happen when their time was through but they would , because a love so consuming could n't just end this way . |