Example sentences of "but i [vb past] [adv] see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I knew him , back in student days but I had n't seen him for ten years . ’ |
| 3 | I thought of all the possibilities , and it seemed to me it was there all the time , but I had n't seen it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I knew of the Knowlton Circles in Dorset but I had never seen them , although I had seen an air photograph . |
| 6 | ‘ But I 'd just seen you talking to Phena , who told you I was n't in the study , ’ he said softly . |
| 7 | Yeah well I know what to look for now , when I go down I can get 'em but I 'd never seen 'em before |
| 8 | In some senses the VSO system had failed me — but I did not see it that way at the time . |
| 9 | But I did n't see them then . |
| 10 | On the Monday I take it back but I did n't see her and I forgot . |
| 11 | He must have ridden through the crowd but I did n't see him do it . |
| 12 | But I did n't see it that way at all — and I was very disappointed about the whole affair . |
| 13 | You told me about it , but I did n't see it . |
| 14 | I were gon na say I seen you get chocolate but I did n't see you get Smarties . |