Example sentences of "were [adv] but [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like magic , laughter and dancing broke out everywhere and the 60 treacherous kilometres were all but forgotten . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , the audience were all but collapsing in their seats , as Kenneth danced around like , as he put it , ‘ a demented fairy , asking for a bit ’ . |
| 3 | In Aquitaine , between 1451 and 1453 , French armies did indeed meet with resistance : but the fact remains that the battles of Formigny ( 1450 ) and Castillon ( 1453 ) only finished off in dramatic fashion processes which were all but complete when the opposing armies met . |
| 4 | Instead of taking Barnsley to the cleaners , it was Swindon who went in the washtub and were all but scrubbed out . |
| 5 | The roads were all but deserted south of London . |