Example sentences of "but it [was/were] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been better to avoid a war , but it was right to resist an indefensible aggression by a regime in whose favour nothing can be said . |
| 2 | This view rested on an optimistic assumption that there was employment enough in the economy for all if labour was sufficiently mobile , but it was impossible to test this assumption in the 1830s and 40s . |
| 3 | He turned and tried to open the door again , but it was impossible to do so . |
| 4 | Oh , yes , she had recognised the sexual awareness that was the dark other side of Luke 's hostility — and had tried to ignore it , but it was impossible to go on pretending it did n't exist now that the preliminary skirmishing was over and he was referring to it openly . |
| 5 | Almost all the front doors were open , but it was impossible to see inside . |
| 6 | He looked down the road but could see nobody ; the driver had hopped the fence but it was impossible to say where . |
| 7 | She would have preferred the noise and distraction of the public restaurant to sitting quietly in a room alone with Robert , but it was impossible to refuse . |
| 8 | But it was impossible to tell . |
| 9 | But it was impossible to tell now who had been speaking or even to be sure at which of the small crowded tables the speaker sat . |
| 10 | But it was impossible to tell what went on behind that massive , tortured brow , perpetually corrugated as if in a continual wince and recoil from life . |
| 11 | He shook his arm vigorously for more than a minute , but it was impossible to tell in the uneven twilight whether it dropped out or not . |
| 12 | She held the object up , but it was impossible to make it out as it was coated in mud . |
| 13 | It was before the tapes were published — but it was impossible to make out what the argument was about . ’ |
| 14 | But it was impossible to distinguish between the truth of myth and the truth of reality . |
| 15 | The ground was rough and uneven , they stumbled into puddles , waded through water , but it was impossible to become more wet than they already were . |
| 16 | The publication of details at the time would not have helped the morale of the Allies , but it was impossible to prevent the incident being talked about by servicemen in the area . |
| 17 | He tried squeezing through the bars but it was impossible to escape . |
| 18 | The casual offensiveness of the governor 's remarks was evident to the senator even before his aide finished his translation ; he glanced sharply at the Annamese , but it was impossible to gauge their reactions from their impassive faces . |
| 19 | It should have calmed her , gazing down at the burbling river , should have helped her to think about the problem uppermost in her mind ; but it was impossible to concentrate , knowing that he was close by . |
| 20 | It was hard enough to stare at his photograph and make it come to life , but it was impossible to imagine the figure in the picture living in the sort of conditions which Normandin and others had described . |
| 21 | I wondered what I would have been like if Lili had been my mother , but it was impossible to imagine Lili in the depths of maternity . |
| 22 | There was nothing to do but read , but it was impossible to read for long with Aunt Emily prowling about . |
| 23 | She looked at him sharply , but it was impossible to read anything in his enigmatic expression . |
| 24 | But it was impossible to forget entirely the rumours that William had been involved with some very undesirable people over the last few years . |
| 25 | You could open the doors but it was impossible to get into the car . |
| 26 | But it was nice to see all these old geezers with huge noses treating him as if he was a man . |
| 27 | We er we got very close to beating Bellevue at Bellevue which was okay I mean everybody 's a bit rusty so and we were experimenting with tyres and everything and er it was only a challenge , but it was nice to get the first meeting on the way and er I was very impressed by some of er the team members of what I saw , I knew er team mate Dean Bargger was doing particularly well scoring 11 points and er he 's really a promising er youngster which I think we can get a lot of use out of , and er in general I mean you know Ellis Stevens was doing particularly well as well , so if those two can keep doing well during the season , then okay mine had a few problems , she only scored 3 points , but that was just a one-off so yeah I thing we look quite strong on paper again now . |
| 28 | It was noisy and crowded but it was nice to have it so and Alan need n't have worried that she 'd dislike that . |
| 29 | I was n't thinking specifically of old Leeds managers , with a couple of noteable exceptions , but it was nice to have a lot of my favourite ever players included in the same message ! ! |
| 30 | But it was nice to know the crowd appreciated my performance . ’ |