Example sentences of "but [pron] [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When , as part of my training , I was regressed under hypnosis by my late husband ( also a qualified hypnotherapist ) , I did indeed turn out to have lived during the Tudor period — but I was a pig-farmer 's daughter who , having lived a pitiful existence , died from a gangrenous leg at the age of fifteen . |
| 2 | Were the internal stat to ham on ( not that I have ever had this problem with the Uno internal , but I was a Girl Guide ! ) then 200 watts would not be enough to cause serious ( if any ) overheating in such a large tank . |
| 3 | But I was a member then and it there were a big crowd in it and we just did . |
| 4 | The man I had not found yet was real to me , but I was a phantom , as flat and one-sided as Dick Tracy or Steve Canyon . |
| 5 | I did n't mind , but I was a bit dodgy on my leg and once or twice , walking from the gas stove to the sink , I spilt the hot water In the end , he said ‘ I 'm sorry , you ca n't stop here on your own , you 'll have to be looked after ’ . |
| 6 | But I was a bit apprehensive ! |
| 7 | ‘ Look , I know yer ca n't be servin' all the time , but I was a bit narked the way yer was sittin' wiv that Don Jacobs . |
| 8 | But I was a bit doubtful about it was n't I ? |
| 9 | I 've now retired but I was a lawyer , a solicitor , and er I enjoyed doing that and er when I was a lot younger I had lots of er friends who er were all interested in the theatre , and some of them went into it professionally and some er some stuck with the amateur world as I did . |
| 10 | But I was a rationalist . |
| 11 | I was not a man fighting to live but I was a boxer on the ropes , praying for a miracle that would save him from almost certain defeat . |
| 12 | Others remembered setting Greek , Latin , other foreign languages and mathematics ( subjects of which they knew nothing , but which were a matter of professional pride ) . |
| 13 | ‘ But you were a virgin — that much was true , ’ Travis countered hardily . |
| 14 | That 's right , but you were a councillor for instance Dave ? |
| 15 | ‘ You were ill at the time to some extent , but you were a businessman and must have known what you were doing , paying substantial sums of money yourself . ’ |
| 16 | I , I understand , but you were a director in nineteen eighty nine ? |
| 17 | Mrs Tremayne did all she could , but she were a bit too possessive . |
| 18 | Y'know , Barbra Streisand has a nose that is beyond a nose , but she was a style icon . |
| 19 | I say gel but she was a year older than me at least . |
| 20 | But she was a hardcore acid fan , from her backcombed sixties hair style to the sovereign earrings in her ears . |
| 21 | It filled her with sadness but she was a realist . |
| 22 | But she was a pest , was n't she ? |
| 23 | But she was a pyromaniac . |
| 24 | Th one person did it very well apparently but she was a person who er an older person who was n't working . |
| 25 | yeah , yes and er she , but she was a bit younger than me she was more my young sister 's age , two years younger than me |
| 26 | Alice , in November nineteen ninety one , twenty fourth , the Sunday , she had a headache , was n't feeling too great , during the evening she was able to watch television , but she was a bit sick during the night . |
| 27 | I do n't know whether she was ever a Brownie , but she was a Girl Guide , and I do know she 'd love to have you around if you 're mad on horses . ’ |
| 28 | It was a totally inappropriate thing to say , but she was a visitor , and the first since he had been staying at Fern Cottage on his own . |
| 29 | She might have been soft-hearted and vulnerable once , where he was concerned , but she was a lot older and wiser now . |
| 30 | But she was a lot younger surely , Jill ? |