Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] was but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , she 'd lost that much weight , now she 's very conscious from then on , you know , she 's sort of kept her weight down , but her daughter also had a job at our place and she was gross , I mean , Olive and Ann had both been huge women , but , but this daughter , and she was only about five feet tall and er , I do n't know what her weight was but it was one of those |
| 2 | Her sound was but a squeak , a mumble . |
| 3 | Her eyes fixed on his lips , drawn to the wide mouth as if its imprint was but a breath away , then with an effort she dragged her glance from them , half turning to avoid the intensity of his regard . |
| 4 | Or sixty two rather but his father lived until he was eighty six and his father was the District Goods and Passenger Manager at Cambridge and er later on , of course , er when he was old enough , he , he was in the same office as his father was but not the same position , you see , but he was a clerk , a railway clerk , and his brother was Stationmaster of Colchester and his grandfather was also a Stationmaster and that would be in Queen Victoria 's reign when , when railways first began and then again , you see , in those first days , you see , when there were highwaymen and that sort of thing erm signalmen , signalmen were issued with a truncheon for their own safety , you see , and I 've got one . |
| 5 | I do n't know what his game was but I did n't like it . |
| 6 | I do n't know what his diagnosis was but I do n't think either of them even vaguely suspected alcohol . |