Example sentences of "but it was what " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was aware of the risks involved and that he was embarking on a kind of unnecessary surgery that could threaten his life , but it was what he wanted . |
| 2 | Her racially prejudiced views did n't help the matter , but it was what she was thinking rather than what she said which added flame to the fire of her anger . |
| 3 | But it was what they meant when they said ‘ Unified Unix . ’ |
| 4 | But it was what they meant when they said ‘ Unified Unix . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Sure it was different than what EMI had been expecting , a lot different , but it was what we 'd always wanted to do . ’ |
| 6 | It seemed wholly inadequate but it was what Egyptians said in the face of any crisis . |
| 7 | But it was what Friend seemed to want . |
| 8 | It was crude , a trifle unfinished and unformed — in any other Dream , she would have researched the externals rather than built on a whim — but it was what she wanted . |
| 9 | She had n't had one since … last Christmas , probably , but it was what people often did in films and books when their feelings were in turmoil . |
| 10 | He had almost considered not buying the house , but it was what he wanted , and how was he to know that things would be any different in another district ? |
| 11 | But it was what she had wanted . |
| 12 | And I think it was , we were willing to go back to work and carry on discussions , albeit without earning any bonus because we were working to rule at the time , but it was what happened in er the quarry that really started the strike , when he laid the workforce off because they were helping us , or joining us in sympathetic action , you know there was a lockout up there , so I think that speeded up things considerably . |
| 13 | But it was what the executive council thought the increase in wages should be not what the members thought . |