Example sentences of "but [verb] was [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But winter was coming on and our fear was that The Grange would suffer further grievous damage . |
| 2 | Then he started to pick off his rivals , but time was slipping by and up in front outsider nd to Mill Reef in the Eclipse , Miss Dan , two lengths behind Nijinsky when third in the Arc in 1970 , Bourbon , who had won the Prix Royal-Oak ( the French St Leger ) and Irish Ball , who , though third to Mill Reef in the Derby and unplaced in the King George , had between those two races won the Irish Derby at The Curragh . |
| 3 | The report says her conversion appears genuine and points to the cabinet-level environment committee she set up to convert the ‘ ungreen and powerful ’ Treasury , transport , and energy ministries , but time was running out . |
| 4 | But time was running out . |
| 5 | But time was pressing on and we were a long way from home . |
| 6 | But time was pressing on , and Gould , who wanted to be back in New South Wales for the breeding season — he had assured Dr Bennett that he would ‘ be in Sydney not later than the middle of Augt ’ — returned directly to Adelaide . |
| 7 | But WIN was leaking like a sieve , the Polish militia were told in advance and the men were picked up as soon as they touched the ground . |