Example sentences of "but [pron] it was [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | He did n't know what they had been doing to him , but whatever it was he did n't like it , and he was going to let them know it in the only way he knew — by making as loud a noise as he could ! |
2 | Endill could not make out what he was shouting but whatever it was it was not very friendly . |
3 | The difference was that although the three ploughs were alleged to have been laid up , ‘ the houses are up to now standing and occupied ’ ; precisely what Greville had done is obscure , but whatever it was it had undoubtedly achieved a dramatic increase in productivity without uprooting the tenants . |
4 | She had no idea what he intended , but whatever it was she would go with Felipe wherever he led . |
5 | The colourless liquid in the glass she carried might just have been water , perhaps ; but whatever it was she seemed unwontedly sober . |
6 | There was something definitely wrong , but what it was he had no idea . |
7 | ‘ But what it was I ca n't remember . |
8 | maybe the folk There 'd be some arrangement made to get there but what it was I ca n't remember . |