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 .
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