Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But me thought of sharing his Minto-life with Warnie was not without its complications for Jack himself . |
| 2 | Well his got a little one that he uses for work , but his borrowed his boss big one to take his stuff over . |
| 3 | It is no good the person who gave the order later complaining ‘ But I meant you to do so-and-so ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ I know , dear — there is a farm next door to us back on the dear old homestead and Daddy does usually describe himself as a farmer — but I meant that we capitalist parasites would be taking the place of the oxen , not the horny-handed salt-of-the-earth types cracking the whip over them . ’ |
| 5 | But I meant how did you get word down to Blair Gowrie ? |
| 6 | But I meant it . |
| 7 | But I meant content rather than presentation . |
| 8 | But I meant only to gain your consent — if I could . |
| 9 | But I meant what I said ; providing she stops attacking you , she 'll always be welcome with us , ’ Travis reiterated his promise . |
| 10 | Well I know but I meant |
| 11 | What about that , but I meant she got ta think about , she 'll want children of own and then she 'll have chi |
| 12 | Oh yeah I know but I meant in here . |
| 13 | Yeah , but I meant leave them while she has a lot of sleepless nights . |
| 14 | But I cared for you , Theodosia . |
| 15 | When I was younger I was often upset by criticism and innuendo but I learnt that if you become involved with this kind of thing it will end up by gnawing you away . |
| 16 | At the rime his Jewish appearance did not strike me as peculiar because I had not yet got used to the idea of people thinking racially , but I learnt later that he was half Jewish and that he did this job to keep his Jewish wife out of trouble . |
| 17 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 18 | But I learnt to respect other religions . " |
| 19 | But I learnt a lot on that job . |
| 20 | My knowledge of programming is limited to BBC Basic — I am a phonetician by training , but I learnt the basics of programming on a staff development course and then taught myself , using the Manual and advice from staff in the IT centre . |
| 21 | But I learnt to control my baser urges a long time ago . |
| 22 | I I took Mr Jewitt 's contribution or comment really on that to almost confirm the way in which you suggested the additional wording , but I paused . |
| 23 | During the time that I was at MainMan , David had become more and more removed from us , but I figured that that was because he was so busy and that was the way it was when you had become a big star . |
| 24 | I realised Michael could save me maybe five years of work , but I figured I 'd rather go slow and steady than to go fast and have it all fall apart . |
| 25 | But I figured the jeans would n't last long . |
| 26 | I did n't have the faintest idea how this girl could help me but I knew that she was going to try . |
| 27 | But I knew it was the toad . |
| 28 | In half an hour she felt a lot better , but I knew now it would be my job to see her safely down to the hut . |
| 29 | But I knew humans are capable of evil and it did n't change my view of humanity . ’ |
| 30 | I thought of it at one ti me , but I knew I 'd make a mess of it . ’ |