Example sentences of "but [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told him on the bus , nerving herself , that the children were Charlie 's but that she had undertaken of her own accord not to tell anyone else because Charlie was the sort of person who could n't be lumbered . |
| 2 | ‘ But if he 'd known of this outrage , ’ said Philip , looking from one to the other of them with searching eyes , ‘ the boy would have told me in Isambard 's presence . |
| 3 | I did n't put Debbie 's in because , we do n't ring New Zealand as much as ring Hong Kong , but but I 've thought of it being a dangerous number but I 'm , there it is ! |
| 4 | In equal isolation at the Intercontinental Hotel , 16 miles away , Lebanese journalists found themselves restricted to the parliament 's two opening statements and a diet of gentle assurances from Prince Saud al-Feisel , the Saudi Foreign Minister , that optimism was the order of the day , but while he had heard of some disputes in the parliamentary chamber , he had every reason to believe the Lebanese would accept the Arab League peace plan . |
| 5 | But before you do think of the following : |
| 6 | But when I let go of these weapons , how can I fight for my people ? ’ |
| 7 | You could understand the connection made between hair and being manly but when you came to think of it , it was n't really true . |
| 8 | He meant lettuce and spinach and cabbage and stuff , but when you come to think of it , there 's watercress and all those titchy little herbs , rosemary and things . |
| 9 | But as he tried to think of his work ( Charles had long since ceased to grace it with the name of ‘ his career ’ ) , his thoughts kept returning to the Steen situation . |