Example sentences of "but [subord] [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The later books are in large measure accurately described , and the experience of the assimilated Jew in Italy , where the Jews came to harm under Mussolini but where they were never the strangers they have been in several other countries , is summarised in a well-informed and pertinent fashion . |
| 2 | Elsewhere , it was stressed that no one wished to interfere with the ‘ responsible and competent parent ’ , but where they were not so , ‘ action is needed either to reinforce the consciousness or replace the incompetency ’ . |
| 3 | Oh I sh I suppose they might have been but where they were made I , cos I mean you get like they used to b they used to deal in all shoes , no doubt they got them from them . |
| 4 | Suddenly she was in no hurry to be anywhere but where she was . |
| 5 | That was very early on in my filming if anyone had asked me I would have said ‘ I 'm always on the move , you know I never sit down in a lesson , and I do n't sit down but where I was on the move was in a very limited space so just having the camera at the back on that table , just having it still showed me so much about what was going on in the room and how you use the time … |
| 6 | In his own words he was seeking to get immigration control on a basis where it was firm but where it was administered with some degree of compassion for the individual case ’ . |
| 7 | I developed this version of ‘ catch ’ in order to play a game where no one was eliminated but where there was some interest . |
| 8 | In other cases involving schools but where there was no report of any request by the judge , coverage split fairly evenly between occasions when the school was named and those where it was not . |
| 9 | They 'd sometimes er take them in vans depending where they lived and how many of them , but where there was a single one two police used to escort him , and they escorted him what , where we what they call the viaduct . |
| 10 | The riots occurred in places which were strongholds of Tory Anglicanism , but where there was a highly visible and influential Dissenting presence . |
| 11 | But seeing it was never enough . |
| 12 | But so me were there in earnest support of that cause . |
| 13 | But so he was on about |
| 14 | But so it was that this Hungarian son of a would-be inventor moved towards his abiding preoccupation with scientific ideas . |
| 15 | They joked about this , but so it was . |
| 16 | It seems odd , now , but so it was : this is what young people did in those days . |
| 17 | But so it was . |
| 18 | Entry to the old Establishment was hard to achieve for outsiders , but once they were in , the successful ones , the safe pairs of hands , tended to stay in . |
| 19 | The traffic in the town was heavy but once they were clear of Malaga it started to thin out . |
| 20 | But once they were indoors again they resumed exploring , found a genuine butler 's pantry with a lot of silver in it packed away in canteens and boxes and green baize , and opening the next door , came into the gun-room . |
| 21 | But once they were on the market , the corp had spent a lot of R and D money coming up with a way to beat them . |
| 22 | Fernyough hit eight 4s and three 6s , but once they were out the tail collapsed and Huyton totalled just 122 . |
| 23 | But once they were engaged , there was nothing she could do to turn him on . |
| 24 | Now it 's very easy for all the leaders around the world , not that easy to get them all together , but once they were together , it was very easy for them all to say yes the situation 's dreadful , it 's awful , it 's awful . |
| 25 | Much work was needed to prepare enough radium to treat patients , but once it was made , it was a more convenient source of radiation than the apparatus , extremely primitive by modern standards , which produced X-rays from electric discharges . |
| 26 | Not only that , but once it was established that their corporal had an interest in me , every movement I made , almost every breath I drew , was reported back to him , including a very innocent ride I had one evening round the perimeter track in a jeep driven by one of the Flying Control Officers . |
| 27 | The first promise of money would be hardest to get , but once it was in the bag the others , not wanting to be left out , would fall in line . |
| 28 | But once it was asked , his whole character and political stance gave him little alternative but to say ‘ yes ’ . |
| 29 | But once it was understood that Europeans might hope to reach the fabled East by travelling West , then explorers could reasonably hope that before very long they would have mapped the whole surface of the globe . |
| 30 | But once you were qualified for the job you could n't put a stranger on you had to ta teach that stranger a job . |