Example sentences of "but it was [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prince had never publicly been so outspoken on such a politically sensitive subject , but it was something he felt he could not ignore . |
| 2 | Symbolism had been fun in his early days with her , but it was something that had turned very sour in a live-in situation . |
| 3 | Wester Ross , Orkney and North Yorkshire provided most of these replies but it was something that might be encouraged in remote areas or where most of the farms were part-time . |
| 4 | But it was something of a Cinderella situation - I had to get home early or risk another hot reception from Uncle . |
| 5 | It was not always easy to concentrate , as distant explosions and nearby arguments in Arabic disturbed our peace , but it was something to help pass many long hours . |
| 6 | But it was something she did n't want to talk about . |
| 7 | It would not be easy telling him to go but it was something she needed to do for her own peace of mind . |
| 8 | It would be hard saying goodbye to the servants , some of whom had been around since she was born , but it was something she would have to do , she simply had no choice . |
| 9 | In our history lecture I grasped only the most basic nature of this ‘ wunderkinder ’ warrior creed , but it was something which I was to find permeating the Legion at every level . |
| 10 | It did have , yes I , I mean it , it was n't that , but it was something you know that |
| 11 | I was about , I du n no about primary four age and someone in the playground , I think it was ca n't remember exactly what I was told , obviously , but it was something silly , you know , like |
| 12 | She knew about anal sex , but it was something she 'd never been asked to do . |
| 13 | It was not very good scent but it was something . |
| 14 | But it was something to hope for … if I could escape . |
| 15 | He sat by the door , and I knitted , knitted , knitted — I ca n't remember the letter word for word , but it was something like this : Dear Fred ( that 's the name she calls me by , he said , she does n't like Ferdinand — red with embarrassment ) . |
| 16 | She was not desperately concerned , since she did n't think it would , but it was something to say . |
| 17 | She could n't explain to herself why it should be , but it was something which she had tried to put out of her mind , for the present anyway . |
| 18 | " Well , that did n't get me much forrader , but it was something . |
| 19 | But it was something else compared with my previous subjects . |
| 20 | He knew they were at boarding-schools , but it was something to say to the kids . |
| 21 | At least that was what Steven thought he had shouted ; it might have been a different number , but it was something like that . |
| 22 | It was a small escape , a little rehearsal , but it was something . |
| 23 | But it was something else that filled us with terror . |
| 24 | It was n't much , but it was something . |
| 25 | But it was something about her , something that made it work between them . |
| 26 | It was n't much , but It was something to go on . |
| 27 | And she had given a certain name to it , and I ca n't remember what the name was now , something like fiddling , I mean fiddling is too obvious , it was n't that , but it was something like that , an ordinary everyday term like that . |
| 28 | And mine matey and bess be about me that was quite a long exclamation but it was something surprise them terribly , Oh bess be about me , just sort of , Oh God come to me help , sort of thing . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , it was , but it was something between Gifford and Edwin . |
| 30 | Erm that in fact er whether it 's been on board accurately by the report er or not is , is a matter for er question , but it was something that they bore in mind when they where reaching their conclusion , so they believe that they have taken it into account . |