Example sentences of "were [adv] but [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 31 President Ramiz Alia appealed in the People 's Assembly for patience : the strikers ' demands were just but they could not be met immediately , he said . |
| 2 | At a certain point you may appear to be back where you were before but you can not quite be sure . |
| 3 | Then she decided to be awkward , like she always is , and said I says oh it 's still taping you know and I s she said summat , I ca n't remember what it were now but I was saying , I knew that 'd happen , one minute yes then no , then I 'll think about it , I says and if I did n't start it when you went out you 'd be saying you could 've done this and that and er so she were chittering , pretending she said I could n't do it . |
| 4 | No , it meant you were there but it was for other people to do something about it — if anything had to be done . |
| 5 | Luiza and Freddi were there but he knew they would be hopeless . |