Example sentences of "but he [vb past] [conj] it was " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had no right to wear the tie but he felt that it was rather distinguished and so far no one had caught him out . |
| 2 | But he said that it was too early to make firm forecasts about demand . |
| 3 | But he said that it was too early to make firm forecasts about demand . |
| 4 | But he knew that it was a fantasy . |
| 5 | In theory he supposed he could organize PANUP from anywhere in the UK , but he knew that it was irrevocably bound to Larksoken headland , to the caravan , to that concrete mass five miles to the north which had power , apparently , to dominate his will as it did his imagination . |
| 6 | At a press conference the Prime Minister , Carl Bildt , agreed that it was likely that the surveillance equipment had been installed by the former Soviet authorities , but he insisted that it was Russia 's responsibility , as the successor state , to remove them . |
| 7 | He insisted that no decisions about future spending had been taken , but he believed that it was right ‘ that there should be a widespread review and it is right that there should be a big debate . ’ |
| 8 | But he thought that it was as if Fael-Inis had somehow taken a shard of pure light and splintered it , and then scattered it about them . |
| 9 | But he added that it was not normal to find such evidence . |
| 10 | But he added that it was too early to try to determine ‘ the exact nature of the wiretaps and the identity of those responsible . ’ |
| 11 | Ross , for one , fully endorsed the doctrine of the naturalistic fallacy , but he held that it was a bad mistake on Moore 's part to define such expressions as ‘ right ’ , ‘ wrong ’ , ‘ ought ’ ’ obligatory' by way of ‘ good ’ . |