Example sentences of "[pron] but it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 There was one but it was blocked up .
2 Neither had any wish that the shares should be transferred to him but it was argued that , on the basis of the House of Lords ' decision , the passing of the beneficial interest to them was a ‘ transfer ’ of which notice should have been given , thus entitling other members to acquire the shares at a fair price .
3 Well I I I did try see if the cat was in it but it was frozen .
4 Willie longed to touch it but it was put under the counter and he quickly followed Tom back through the dark tunnel of materials and out into the daylight .
5 There are four possibilities as to who was responsible for Kirov 's death : Nikolaev alone planned and executed the murder ; Nikolaev executed it but it was encouraged by the local NKVD ; Stalin planned the murder or a ‘ near miss ’ which would be followed by a purge ; a foreign government planned it .
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