Example sentences of "but [pron] was [adv] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | The warning was stark enough , but nothing was ever done . |
| 2 | He protested to Law that he was doing everything possible to hold Lancashire steady , but he was actually doing all he could to keep the issue alive , including the sending of a questionnaire to all the Lancashire constituencies . |
| 3 | She was n't quite sure what he was summing her up for but he was certainly doing that . |
| 4 | He might well be creating havoc with her pulse-rate , but he was only doing it to comfort her after a bad day ; it did n't mean there was anything personal in the action . |
| 5 | He was screwing his face up but he was still doing it . |
| 6 | Luckily , the bus was n't going as quickly as it would have had there been no traffic , but it was still doing twenty-odd mph . |