Example sentences of "but [pron] was [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had fully expected to be dismissed the next morning , but nothing was said and she did n't ask . |
| 2 | When I had the bairn , they wanted us back to the prison the day after , but I was haemorrhaging and the doctor says , ‘ There 's no way she can go back now . |
| 3 | But nobody was injured and damage was limited . |
| 4 | Match commander Peter Durham said : ‘ It might have looked bad , but nobody was hurt and the crowd did n't get involved — apart from one 11-year-old lad who joined in . |
| 5 | She was heavily pregnant but she was questioned and made to wait for the next twelve hours without food or water . |
| 6 | In the tumult , rushing , she felt the second invasion , the sharp bite of two merciless teeth , and tried to cry out his name , but she was choked and vanquished . |
| 7 | But she was cooking and she was going you take , she goes , she goes , some people like it a little bit on the side , you know , with their food , some people on the side . |
| 8 | Paige dragged a hand through her hair in desperation , but she was caught and they both knew it . |
| 9 | A letter to George Fox [ q.v. ] told of a call to Jerusalem , but she was dissuaded and on release went home . |
| 10 | She was a devout Anabaptist and befriended James Burton , who was involved in the Rye House Plot , and gave him sanctuary , but she was betrayed and taken to London , where she was tried and became the last woman to be burnt at the stake at Tyburn on 16th October , 1685 . |
| 11 | There was no school in connection but one was proposed and a salary provided for the schoolmaster . |
| 12 | She opened her window and screamed and erm , of course the neighbours come but they was gone and they took it all they 're gold she had it on in bed , pulled it over husband neck , . |
| 13 | But he was grinning and called us over to join him . |
| 14 | A fire brigade spokesman said : ‘ We do n't know how long he had been there but he was shivering and shaking . |
| 15 | A brigade spokesman said : ‘ We do n't know how long he had been there , but he was shivering and shaking . |
| 16 | but he was arrested and sacked so we have to have a bouncer |
| 17 | Mr Mutambara tried to escape by jumping from a second-floor window , but he was caught and taken to hospital with unspecified injuries . |
| 18 | He fought for a while , hence the strands of cord found under the finger nails , but he was murdered and left there to hang so others would think he had taken his own life . ’ |
| 19 | Mr Denny said Mr Young 's money was not taken but he was attacked and punched in the face . |
| 20 | But he was booed and heckled out of the room by angry protestors who said he had no place in the debate . |
| 21 | But he was turning and I did n't hit straight . |
| 22 | The details regarding the first pie in 1788 are few , but it was served and eaten by the villagers in Cliffe Stile Field . |
| 23 | Ah ah it was but it was sanctioned but we had to sign a contract with them . |
| 24 | I could see our ship , but it was wrecked and there was nobody near it . |
| 25 | But it was said and the barrier was back between them , built of suspicions neither of them dared bring to the surface … though Trent had intended asking her about her grandfather . |
| 26 | But it was raining and instead of a caped policeman greeting us declaring ‘ It 's the work of a madman if you ask me , Mr Holmes ’ , it was Bill Baker , Convocation Chairman , offering us coffee and biscuits . |
| 27 | It was only a small cut , but it was bleeding and she put her hand over it to try and stop it . |
| 28 | A low drystone wall surrounded the place , but it was crumbling and all along the edge the nettles triumphed . |
| 29 | I took the brake out slowly , but it was overweighted and I went up with it . |
| 30 | But it was bypassed and quickly forgotten with the opening of the A38 motorway less than 20 miles away . |