Example sentences of "but [adj] be [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm Tom has a different er starting number of crackers but that is because I filled some more up . |
| 2 | But that was after I 'd gone . |
| 3 | ‘ I know I did , but that was before I knew the labels were typed on Dick Tavett 's typewriter and that the bags matched those in the Post 's stationery stockroom . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Madame Gebrec , I know I said I would help you , but that was before I understood what you wanted of me . |
| 5 | I had wondered once whether that was the reason my father had married her , but that was before I had learned that men are not much given to acts of altruism , and certainly not in sexual matters . |
| 6 | But that was before I met you . ’ |
| 7 | He recalled : ‘ I certainly gave two very bad TV interviews that gave the impression that things were all wrong , all uptight , but that was because I felt it necessary to defend the players . ’ |
| 8 | I have to be honest and admit that I accepted the invitation to dinner to try to find out once and for all if you were involved with Martin , but that was because I needed to know , needed to prove your innocence , because I was falling in love with you . |