Example sentences of "a [noun] but i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had an actor once who was condemned to hang for stealing a sheep — or a lamb , I forget which — so I got permission to have him hanged in the middle of a play — had to change the plot a bit but I thought it would be effective , you know — and you would n't believe it , he just was n't convincing ! |
| 2 | I came to England when I was 9 , that would have been in 1961 , and that 's when I saw the world for what it 's all about , I was still a child but I saw it , the black and white thing , it was a reality . |
| 3 | ‘ I intended a salad but I thought you might have missed out on lunch so we 've got grilled lamb chops with minted potatoes and glazed carrots . ’ |
| 4 | and then other , like this morning I woke up about quarter to seven , well I 'd been awake a while but I thought I 'd came to at quarter to seven I went down and make some tea and having breakfast |
| 5 | I am not a scholar but I saw it was personally annotated by your king . |
| 6 | You know the last time I went back to Britain , I was going for a month but I changed my flight and left two weeks early . |
| 7 | I was thinking of doing a teddy but I thought I wanted sort of one , two or three things do n't you on the bottom ? |
| 8 | I do n't want to sound a snob but I thought it vulgar . |
| 9 | I have n't , I have n't got a clue but I knew it the minute the second you said it I knew it . |
| 10 | I 'm supposed to be calling a solicitor but I thought it was only fair I should warn you instead . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't think a person told , who apologises is n't really an apology but I thought there must a reason why you did n't . |
| 12 | Well this is an exception but I knew it would be higher because we 've had the heating on so often . |