Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it had been close and the children had never taken liberties with the river again . |
| 2 | It was a very dowdy dress , and old , and it smelled of mothballs and , faintly , of years of perspiration soaked into the fabric , but it had been well and carefully preserved . |
| 3 | Losing his job with the band had not really been to do with his mother being ill , but it had been easy to suggest the idea to Barnett . |
| 4 | She 'd only met him a few times , but it had been easy for Julie to see that Ross Wyndham was even more Leo-like than his wife . |
| 5 | He had been scared then but it had been short-lived : terror lasting a matter of a few seconds , a minute at most . |
| 6 | But it had been simmering for a couple of years before that . |
| 7 | But it had been inconceivable that it would really come to such a point . |
| 8 | It was unthinkable that John could be dead , but it had been unthinkable that he would be held for this long and it had happened . |
| 9 | It made a good reason for those excluded to dislike Miss Morgan , but it had been true any time these past two years . |
| 10 | He had changed his name , of course , but it had been obvious to Fedorov that he was the same man he had disposed of in the Stadtpark three weeks before . |
| 11 | Erm I just wonder whether it might not have been better to move round a little bit to the left so we could have seen the lady 's hand and sa as well er er and as well as her face , you know , we 've got ta get we can see what she 's doing , know what she 's doing but it 'd been nice if you could have included her hands . |