Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] but [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | oh yes he said I 've worked it out those extra hours I 've paid you for them but I thought you actually worked for them for nothing and I 've just given you a bonus |
| 2 | I unlocked the passenger door of the Transit for them but I thought it best not to open it for them or offer them a hand up and in . |
| 3 | They might n't have a pound between them but he knew it would be paid . |
| 4 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 5 | I dare say it 's silly of me but I thought we 'd wait till the coast was clear , so to speak , ’ she ended , smiling at her own accidental pun . |
| 6 | I am not myself wholeheartedly committed to any of them but they deserve our attention . |
| 7 | Some people would say I make a lot of money out of them but I paint them with sincerity . |
| 8 | Some people would say I make a lot of money out of them but I paint them with sincerity . |
| 9 | She said she was gon na get hold of them but she said she 's got ta |
| 10 | It may take a bit of imagination for , for some of the , some of you but what do you think ? |
| 11 | I meant to be fond of her but I found her tiring . |
| 12 | She went to rush past him but he caught her bare arms and swung her round , grasping her shoulders to hold her still . |
| 13 | There 's a forest fifty miles off , it 's outside our window because it 's not in this room and to come a little nearer home ther there 's a campus outside our window but we ca n't exactly see very much of it but we know it 's there and it 's got some birds in it , it 's probably got some little insects in it and there 's a woodpecker |
| 14 | ‘ I never get sick of it but I think my wife does . ’ |
| 15 | I 've been out on the on the streets and the roads and we 've had a few beers and I 've not seen any trouble but the first I 've heard of trouble was was this morning after breakfast in a nearby hotel and and by by the trouble that 's been caused I do n't know the details of it but I believe it 's been quite intense really . |
| 16 | Particularly where you 've more or less got the idea of it but you think you just want to sort of tidy up a few details an |
| 17 | I should of put the kettle on for you but I thought you were busy with old father time here so I did n't er |
| 18 | I had desperately wanted to rush outside and leave the whole wretched affair behind me but something told me I had to stay and face the music . |
| 19 | His age could count against him but he insists he has fully recovered from a heart attack in 1988 . |
| 20 | Not just that he 's home with me but we had our courting days and you and Sarah missed even those . |
| 21 | So I I 've got that with me but I 've what what what we 'll do now is we 'll start to erm make our way towards coffee , which I think might be welcome . |
| 22 | I said that 's none of my business , nothing to do with me but I said I should think it 's a tragic waste for you and I say , it wastes your money but that 's entirely down to you . |
| 23 | I am afraid that she had no success with me but I remember our chanting of ‘ Rowned and rowned — up and dowwnn — rowned and rowned . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm reasonably happy with them but I mean I know |
| 25 | He can do addition and he can do take-aways , and he 's pretty , he 's not so bad with them but I think what it is , is basically they 're cramming them now . |
| 26 | Well I said I 'll go with you but he did he eventually go ? |
| 27 | I wanted to go with her but she said she had a lot to sort out with Fernando and would rather be on her own . ’ |
| 28 | They would celebrate with him but he knew they would be envious . |
| 29 | I do n't know , I ca n't keep up with him but I expect I think |
| 30 | He had the audacity to smile and Ruth squirmed frantically under him but he stilled her thrashing body with the weight of his own . |