Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] but it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I bid around £2 million for him shortly after I arrived but it was turned down . |
| 2 | This was not actually what I meant but it was reported as a sort of ‘ leadership whinge ’ and general complaint . |
| 3 | And I I went but it was so embarrassing it made me ill . |
| 4 | I , I morning , I , she get what I said when you get one , I went and got you one I said but it was one ninety nine . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought it was a weakness I had but it was n't — it proved to be my strength . |
| 6 | This is what a girl in Borstal meant when she said to me , ‘ I gave him everything I had but it was n't enough ’ . |
| 7 | C'm on Morocco ! ’ she cheered but it was half-hearted . |
| 8 | Gee up ! ’ she repeated but it was no good , the horse stood still . |
| 9 | Yes , it was the Felipe de Santis she remembered but it was also the man she had had harsh words with this morning — the driver of the red Porsche . |
| 10 | Or else you sort of jotted them down at the back of your mind , you know , to think about them later , but you never remembered , or you did but it was too late , they 'd gone , your head was full of other things . ’ |
| 11 | No cos they bent round and we had a tie , we did but it was only a little bannister you know , we tried it |
| 12 | No , this one yo , well we had but it was n't a fast tan . |
| 13 | We 're nothing , of ourselves we might have thought we had but it was of no value whatsoever , but he took us , he says , now you 're something because you belong to me . |
| 14 | Some we chased but it was only a matter of chasing them out of the way . |
| 15 | They had but it was erm , much less satisfactory as a U R C one |
| 16 | And if some , er , jus it was very thin slices of beef , topside of well I thought I 'll get some beef out , and I did it in the microwave and it cooked but it was it was quite tough . |
| 17 | On Wednesday night he did but it was n't Bangor wearing their usual strip … they are also Apoel Nicosia 's colours and it was the Cypriots who squeezed through 3-2 on aggregate . |
| 18 | Adam could not know if he had but it was quite possible . |