Example sentences of "but [pron] [was/were] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have n't been up in winter but I was on the south-west face in 1972 when we finally gave up our attempt in mid-November , and we were only getting a taste of the conditions they will face . |
| 2 | He then asked to speak to me , but I was on the phone so he rang back five minutes later . |
| 3 | But I was on the race , I was going on the race track . |
| 4 | The recession — it looks as though there is a glimmer of light , but I was on the continent a couple of three weeks ago when the mortar attack took place at Number Ten and the reaction of people I met I mean it was much more marked there than it was here , or seemed to be . |
| 5 | But she was on a winning streak , a lucky wave ; she would nip down to the Gas Board and fix things up . |
| 6 | No , we did n't see it , but we were on the scene soon afterwards . |
| 7 | But everything was on a smaller scale since production by capital investment was no longer possible . |
| 8 | But one was on the Daily Mail and the other was on the er Express . |
| 9 | So the results for the sales strategy are remarkably similar to the results for the output strategy : the subjects were not taking the time ( the period ) into account on the first repetition — as they should have been — but there were on the second repetition . |
| 10 | But he was on a hiding to nothing really . |
| 11 | But he was on a weekend break visiting relatives in the town when he sniffed the gas . |
| 12 | Seve 's drive was 50 yards from the front of the green and about 40 yards from the middle of the Open course fairway , but he was on the right side — do n't forget all his careful planning on studying the rough beforehand — which means he 's now coming back into the wind . |
| 13 | because part of the reason why were very successful and profitable was because they 're very cagey on money we spend and on , on the resources erm , they had been advertising but it was on a very small limited regional budget , national advertising is actually , they 'd of been a or too |
| 14 | He began at left-back , but it was on the right that he really excelled and became recognised as a quality player by friend and foe alike . |
| 15 | But it was on the greens that Willie came into his own . |
| 16 | Nobody comforted her , for weeping was not necessary , but it was on the other hand permissible , and when she got home the aunts and uncles were kind to her and offered her cups of tea . |
| 17 | But it was on the continent that the cream of the drivers could be found . |
| 18 | The Mas Rose had no gas , no electricity , no running water , but it was on the mountain , it had a spring , the air was pure , one could see the Ventoux , famous of course for the love of Pétrarque for Laure . |
| 19 | But it was on the comm , put straight through to me without warning . |
| 20 | He tried to remove a smudge from the windscreen with the tip of his finger , but it was on the other side of the glass . |
| 21 | But she was more tired than she knew , and soon she began to wish that she had a suitcase to sit on ; but hers was on the rack in that tightly packed carriage , and she could n't go back for it . |