Example sentences of "but [pron] [was/were] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had only just noticed her — so I must have been taking things seriously — but she was worth waiting to be polite to . |
| 2 | ‘ This house is yours … ’ he told her , but she was past taking in his words . |
| 3 | They did eventually go out of the house but he was about done and then he comes in five to seven . |
| 4 | Judith was well aware of the economics involved in the provision of kosher meat for Cork 's forty or so Jewish families , but it was worth submitting to a lecture on it from her mother if it helped to make her more amenable . |
| 5 | But it was worth waiting , for ‘ Montini was a great talker of great subtlety , the very opposite of the earthy and outspoken Tardini ’ . |
| 6 | Only one goal in the second half , but it was worth waiting for . |
| 7 | A man who deals with animals all day is certain to get a little blood about him , but it was worth making a mental note of it . |
| 8 | But it was through linking reform to the rates issue and a particular conception of the ‘ people ’ that political specificity was conferred and revealed in the programmes . |
| 9 | The grade was manageable in the lowest of 18 gears , but it was like riding an exercise cycle in a sauna . |
| 10 | She tried to keep the conversation general and without barbs but it was like trying to float a small boat in a treacherous sea . |
| 11 | She 'd already hit Boardwalk twice and in desperation gave him a couple more , but it was like living one of those nightmares where you can never quite reach what you 're trying to catch . |
| 12 | Quickly , Alina stepped around her so that she could hold Sandy 's head in both of her hands ; Sandy made a weak attempt to struggle , but it was like fighting a rock . |
| 13 | Charles Frank looked into this and showed that the pion decay interpretation was correct , but it was in answering that question that Frank had his brainwave and stimulated a whole new field of research . |
| 14 | But it was in talking to a fellow tourist at the airport on the return journey that we really came down to earth . |