Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I regret dragging you back here , but I had to be certain . " |
| 2 | But I had to be content with a phone call . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I know how you must feel but I had to be sure you were n't another journalist out for a story . ’ |
| 4 | But I had to be sure , did n't I ? |
| 5 | Naturally , I hoped for the best as regards the efficacy of my heart-felt prayer , but I had to be practical . |
| 6 | ‘ But I had to be realistic . |
| 7 | I 'm not a hard person , but I had to be tough for the kid 's sake . ’ |
| 8 | But I had to be careful I did n't knock her weight down too much , because her fitness could deteriorate . |
| 9 | I was delighted to find her again , but I pretended to be angry to punish her . |
| 10 | Normally I ask for an appointment , but I happened to be passing and saw the lights — and the chopper . |
| 11 | But I wanted to be involved with a company who was well into the swing of tube amps and take it on from there , and so I started with Ampeg in 1990 . ’ |
| 12 | I could have said anything , made an excuse , but I wanted to be straight and it 's only making things worse . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Paris was the place then , ’ he said , ‘ but I wanted to be different . |
| 14 | ‘ I was at Queen Eleanor 's and they urged me to go to university , but I wanted to be independent , so I came into the Met . ’ |
| 15 | I have seen what graphics packages on more sophisticated computers were able to produce , but I wanted to be able to use this with the knitting machine . |
| 16 | Designing clothes for Carnega was all very well and I made a good living at it I wo n't deny but I wanted to be free to do my own thing — and to have my own name on the labels . |
| 17 | I did n't want to talk to anyone , you know , but I wanted to be near people . |
| 18 | I did not want our enemy to know I was here , but I wanted to be near enough to make sure that you and Sir Henry were safe . |
| 19 | But I needed to be sure that you had not forgotten your homesite . |
| 20 | Both he and my mother were keen for Thomas and me to go and live with them there , but I preferred to be independent . |
| 21 | We had done our best and we lacked the peacocks , the ostriches , the slaves and the pack of hounds but nobody seemed to be worried . |
| 22 | ‘ But you got to be ready for it . |
| 23 | He had no really bad faults but you had to be careful that nothing startled him , such as a bird suddenly rising , and on one occasion he did bolt . |
| 24 | They waited impatiently for a reply , but none seemed to be forthcoming . |
| 25 | But she had to be careful . |
| 26 | But she had to be careful . |
| 27 | But she had to be fair . |
| 28 | He tried several times to talk to his sister Laetitia on the telephone , but she continued to be elusive . |
| 29 | Jack Foley 's eyes rarely left Nan 's face , but she seemed to be unaware of this and talked as if all three of them were equal partners in the conversation . |
| 30 | But she wanted to be polite . ) |