Example sentences of "but [pron] were [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but I were n't sure where , I think it were last week it were gon na be |
| 2 | Yeah I know but I were n't gon na give it you . |
| 3 | sort of , but I were n't coughing all night like that . |
| 4 | It smelt strange in here but I were n't sure if it was my fish paste sandwich or not ! |
| 5 | Oh yes I appreciate but I were just wondering what branches they were in , you 've explained that , that . |
| 6 | But I were right disappointed at that thousand pounds worth of holiday accommodation ! |
| 7 | But ye were there all the time Ah was talkin , to Gómez . |
| 8 | I felt a bit sorry for 'im once , so I sent 'im over a bird but 'e were n't 'aving none of it . |
| 9 | I felt a bit sorry for 'im once , so I sent 'im over a bird but 'e were n't 'aving none of it . |
| 10 | He said it as if books were some terrible bore which everybody had to put up with but which were n't of the slightest use . |
| 11 | Plenty of lines on his face , which she had n't really noticed before , but which were particularly noticeable now . |
| 12 | The movement of peoples , associated with the great increase in population of the thirteenth century , led to wars which , for example , in Spain were associated with the Christian reconquest of the Iberian peninsula from Moorish control , but which were also waged to satisfy the urge to find new lands , as was to happen in northern and eastern Germany under the rule of the Teutonic Knights . |
| 13 | The Labour leadership also had to face two revolts from among individual Party members which were tackled in organizational terms but which were largely motivated by ideological sympathy for the Left . |
| 14 | Three outfits costing an amount of money that did n't bear thinking about , but which were nevertheless perfect . |
| 15 | We would decorate it with pieces of cotton wool for snow , and one or two other nice things like those shining coloured balls , which seemed to be metallic , but which were easily broken . |
| 16 | There are a few works which I would have loved to have borrowed but which were simply too fragile to travel , and there were works which were prohibited by reasons of the terms under which they were given to a particular collection , the Barnes Foundation , for example . |
| 17 | Recent cases have explored the extension of industrial building relief to some categories of buildings that have never been occupied but which were clearly capable of industrial use . |
| 18 | Respondents were asked to describe how they would like to expand their training programmes : this elicited needs that libraries perceived as significant but which were not being satisfied , and information about the factors that they felt were preventing them from undertaking ‘ enough ’ training . |
| 19 | However , many of these dogs have not complied with other sections of the law , such as neutering , and more than 600 are no longer alive — including over 100 puppies which were conceived before the Dangerous Dogs Act came into force , but which were not allowed to be sold or given away after the legislation was introduced . |
| 20 | Conciliation and compromise were other important indigenous principles that carried official sanction in pre-British times but which were not accommodated by the formal institutions set up by the British . |
| 21 | Then I persuaded Vernon Hunt , who was Chief Inspector at that time , of the desirability of publishing information about those accidents on which £e had a great deal of information but which were not made the subject of a formal investigation . |
| 22 | In 1781 the French astronomer Charles Messier drew up a catalogue of them , containing over a hundred entries , not because he was interested in them ( quite the contrary ! ) but because he was a comet-hunter , and he was persistently misled by fuzzy objects which looked like comets but which were not . |
| 23 | Even more widespread was extra spending by carers on items and services which were needed by the disabled or elderly person , but which were not covered by the financial contribution which the latter made to the household budget ( even when this included both retirement or invalidity pensions and disability benefits ) . |
| 24 | Its remit includes addressing the needs of businesses ineligible for either the Official List or the USM but which were not able to raise sufficient finance on a long-term basis elsewhere . |
| 25 | And , if the situation with regard to individual psychological development and the evolution of culture is as I have represented it , then this is merely the first of many profound insights into the psychology of the ego — and perhaps most especially the superego — which can be expected but which were totally unobtainable as long as the individualistic fallacy blocked the way . |
| 26 | There were still odd things round the house that had belonged to his father , but which were now Stuart 's . |
| 27 | Later it made economic sense to plan for the vehicle to carry things which had been given free in England but which were too heavy for me to manage for the whole way . |
| 28 | ‘ But you were already with Zacco when they tried to kill the demoiselle at Kalopetra , ’ the youth said . |
| 29 | But you were not alone ! |
| 30 | ‘ But you were not sent into exile , or to work in the mines ? ’ |