Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [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 | ‘ But you got to be ready for it . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | But she had to be careful . |
24 | But she had to be careful . |
25 | But she had to be fair . |
26 | He tried several times to talk to his sister Laetitia on the telephone , but she continued to be elusive . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | But she wanted to be polite . ) |
29 | Bathsheba felt almost sure she knew the truth about Fanny and Troy , but she wanted to be certain . |
30 | ‘ We could n't take the risk of blowing so much money on someone we are unsure of , ’ said Toulon 's manager Roland Courbiss , ‘ I wanted Charlie in the team but we had to be sure because of his reputation . ’ |