Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] but [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes were wide open but he could see nothing . |
| 2 | With regard to your August and September editorials on guitar design , the majority of your comments were perfectly fair but you can hardly blame guitar manufacturers for turning out what the public seems to want ( currently , vintage lookalikes and the so-called superStrat ) . |
| 3 | And erm but it was most inspiring But I would appreciate it even more now |
| 4 | The procedure was necessarily long-winded but it could be completed by the end of term . |
| 5 | They said it appeared the death was not suspicious but they would like to hear from anyone in the area between 7am and 8am yesterday . |
| 6 | Amongst Unitarian abolitionists an emotional quality in antislavery commitment was also present but it may often have had different origins from the antislavery of Evangelicals and Quakers . |
| 7 | My dad took me to watch Newcastle when I was about 10 but I could n't see because of all the people standing in front of me . |
| 8 | She was n't sure but she would take no chances and she would not drink with Miss Pennycott . |
| 9 | Well I was n't married but I used to go in there and I used to come home er say in Winter if I come home for a w week or two , I go in there , and sit by the fire and have a yard . |
| 10 | Alan ‘ Fluff ’ Freeman said : ‘ It was quite good but it could never be the same — we were like kids with a new toy . ’ |
| 11 | he was very polite but he must have been bored by me . |
| 12 | It was very exciting but I shall be very careful next time . |