Example sentences of "but it [be] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But it was while at Silverstone to watch Nigel Mansell that he became interested in the role of the marshal . |
| 32 | But it was while in hospital in 1990 that the long-time Labour member for Bishop Auckland met a nurse called Sue Hay . |
| 33 | But it was before they went in for all the cryptonyms and digraphs and five-letter codes because that 's what computers like … ’ |
| 34 | Oh oh oh not really , but it was when this chanting came in that the young fellas seemed to like gangs in the crowd and this when all the trouble started |
| 35 | He had already edited several popular movie magazines , but it was because of Bazin 's reputation as a theoretician that this new one , more highbrow , attracted from its first publication in 1951 a group of young , enthusiastic and iconoclastic critics . |
| 36 | But it was because I 'd been at St. Martin 's that we got that first gig . |
| 37 | But it was because Aaron said a mildly humorous comment about somebody in one of Whit 's photos who turned out to be one of Whit 's very good friends . |
| 38 | Some said it was because we had harvested too many beans , but it was because our union was getting stronger . |
| 39 | ‘ Many of our customers could not understand why we might have only one style of nightdress or long-sleeved blouse , but it was because Laura was trying to evolve the most perfect example of that particular item and believed it was more important to have one good example of each than several skirts and dresses , ’ Moira explains . |
| 40 | But it was because I needed other women , and I needed to be truthful about it . |
| 41 | The population of the town doubled in the last forty years of the eighteenth century ( thirty-five thousand people in 1760 ; seventy-three thousand in 1801 ) , but it was as yet far from being the dark and horrible landscape that it eventually became . |
| 42 | I skipped the prayers , but it was as Conchis had said , more real than any historical novel — more moving , more evocative , more human . |
| 43 | I ca n't explain it , but it was as though I were transported outside of myself , on the verge of grasping the significance of being . |
| 44 | But it was as I got into my teenaged years I began to get bored with my walk on roles , sitting around for hours waiting to go on with make-up and costumes on was no fun any more , but I was far too young to do anything else but walk on say a few lines and walk off again . |
| 45 | I always say that I enjoyed the R and R but it was as I go down |