Example sentences of "but i [vb past] [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I meant only to gain your consent — if I could . |
| 2 | But I meant how did you get word down to Blair Gowrie ? |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't hang about long , but I saw enough to convince me that all that rubbish about Melanie 's frigidity was pure invention on your part . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I knew he was dead , but I had n't lost him . |
| 5 | I rang her every day , but I had n't seen her during the time I 'd been living at Eva 's ; I could n't face any of them in that house . |
| 6 | I knew him , back in student days but I had n't seen him for ten years . ’ |
| 7 | I thought of all the possibilities , and it seemed to me it was there all the time , but I had n't seen it . |
| 8 | I 'd said " a bit beyond the village " , but I had n't said which side . |
| 9 | But I had n't noticed him clocking the fact until the day he decided to bugger off to Box 29 with Veronica . |
| 10 | It must have been there all the time , sitting motionless and staring straight at me from the far edge of the level area of the Grounds , but I had n't noticed it at first . |
| 11 | But I had n't asked her to do so , and when she began making a nuisance of herself I told her she 'd have to leave our office there . |
| 12 | I had quite a good vocabulary and had written letters to Eric , but I had n't had anyone to talk to in English . |
| 13 | She answered calmly and shuffled over to the fireplace , but I had n't had my say yet . |
| 14 | I 'd seen no sign of Mala , but I had n't expected it , since she 'd been right about us being less obvious if we were apart . |
| 15 | But I had n't brought anything like that with me , all my things were jumpers , so I thought — let them get used to it . |
| 16 | all you told me was that Miss White was retiring but I had n't to tell anyone , which I have n't done , which I do n't intend to do |
| 17 | But I had n't known myself . |
| 18 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 19 | It may have been my stupidity , but I had not realised it . |
| 20 | I had conceived my fictional , pastoral church within which I now spent so much of my time during an imaging session at the Centre , but I had yet to see it in reality . |
| 21 | This was untrue , but I had already lent him the money . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I had heard of Genesis but I had never heard them . |
| 23 | I knew of the Knowlton Circles in Dorset but I had never seen them , although I had seen an air photograph . |
| 24 | True , the religious believed that death was only physical ; but I had never allowed my instinctive religious feelings to come to the surface . |
| 25 | He had made many attempts to put his arms around me , but I had always evaded him . |
| 26 | He was hesitating , but I had now shot my bolt . |
| 27 | ‘ But I 'd just seen you talking to Phena , who told you I was n't in the study , ’ he said softly . |
| 28 | We 'd never talked about that day , and we never again came near this old air shaft ; I do n't know what he might have done since but I 'd always assumed he was like me and just tried to forget about it , pretend it never happened . |
| 29 | It may not be relevant at all , but I 'd better tell you . |
| 30 | ‘ But I 'd better warn you it 's not drinking water . |