Example sentences of "but [pron] [was/were] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing was hitherto known of their work . |
| 2 | The warning was stark enough , but nothing was ever done . |
| 3 | But nothing was ever said to the rider . |
| 4 | ‘ If I did , I would have told the King 's Justices , but nothing was ever discovered about them or their dreadful deaths . ’ |
| 5 | His financial dealings led to a number of lawsuits and accusations of fraud , but nothing was ever proved against him . |
| 6 | The growth of beliefs over many centuries , during which new ideas were added to earlier ones but nothing was ever discarded , resulted in what appears to be a mass of confusing and sometimes contradictory elements . |
| 7 | Firemen originally thought that workmen who are refurbishing the building were trapped inside , but everyone was eventually accounted for . |
| 8 | You may have been single-minded about racing , but I was also tied into my work . |
| 9 | The moralistic female I was particularly thinking of was George Eliot , because Nietzsche , the German writer , actually complained that she was a particularly moralistic female , but I was also thinking of people like Mrs Henry Wood and Amy Le Fevre and a few others like that . |
| 10 | But I remember I 'd got a box on my mantlepiece erm not only was I using the pessaries but I was also taking these when the period was due . |
| 11 | But I was just lazing around on beaches . ’ |
| 12 | distinction between attempting to respond on the basis of behaviour , or a response based on whether or not there 's a victim , can carry you a certain way , but I was just thinking of some of the discussions we 've had in college recently about the sort of behaviour with which we feel uncomfortable , and I have to say that sometimes it would be difficult to identify a given victim or , you know , a group of given victims . |
| 13 | ‘ I did write to them but I was just snubbed . ’ |
| 14 | But I was just saying , here let's have a little look at this as he pops it off now . |
| 15 | Yeah but I was just saying , when you think about it . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , but I was just going to make some coffee , ’ said Ianthe . |
| 17 | Yeah but I was just got out of it , not very good at it . |
| 18 | But I was just gon na say , it 's understandable |
| 19 | Once it was my turn to hit but I was just sitting on the ground and was thinking about something else . ’ |
| 20 | But I was just wondering where you was gon na put it . |
| 21 | I suppose I was in danger of becoming a sort of ‘ owloholic ’ , but I was thoroughly enjoying myself . |
| 22 | But I was eventually sent to Ghana . |
| 23 | It was blustery and there was the constant peppering by grit , but I was well protected and enjoyed watching the storm . |
| 24 | Having never seen a swing bridge before I wondered how the boats were going to get under it but I was soon to find out . |
| 25 | It was a cold night and I had no overcoat but I was soon sweating with the effort of carrying the suitcase . |
| 26 | Happily all four engines had been spared the attention of the Ju88 but I was soon to learn from the flight engineer that the aileron control cable had been severed and he went into the wing root to find the two ends and make some sort of connection . |
| 27 | My initial perceptions of a college of further education might have begun on a lofty plane , but I was soon brought down to earth with a bump . |
| 28 | I wondered why this should be when Granny was so particular , but I was soon roused from my thoughts by Mum . |
| 29 | But I was secretly planning to revisit Miss Havisham 's old house , alone , as a way of remembering Estella . |
| 30 | But I was already choking as the noose tightened around my throat . |