Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I meant how did you get word down to Blair Gowrie ? |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I knew he was dead , but I had n't lost him . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I knew him , back in student days but I had n't seen him for ten years . ’ |
| 6 | I thought of all the possibilities , and it seemed to me it was there all the time , but I had n't seen it . |
| 7 | But I had n't noticed him clocking the fact until the day he decided to bugger off to Box 29 with Veronica . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 12 | It may have been my stupidity , but I had not realised it . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | This was untrue , but I had already lent him the money . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I had heard of Genesis but I had never heard them . |
| 16 | I knew of the Knowlton Circles in Dorset but I had never seen them , although I had seen an air photograph . |
| 17 | He had made many attempts to put his arms around me , but I had always evaded him . |
| 18 | ‘ But I 'd just seen you talking to Phena , who told you I was n't in the study , ’ he said softly . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It may not be relevant at all , but I 'd better tell you . |
| 21 | ‘ But I 'd better warn you it 's not drinking water . |
| 22 | I 'd always guessed Nicola had a rich fantasy life but I 'd never guessed it was quite that rich , ’ she snorted derisively . |
| 23 | But I 'd never done it to a policeman before . |
| 24 | Yeah well I know what to look for now , when I go down I can get 'em but I 'd never seen 'em before |
| 25 | I knew I 'd seen it but I 'd never tried it . |
| 26 | I was tired but I kept on doing it and doing it ; they asked me to stop but I would n't . |
| 27 | Even then Mr Pumblechook said , ‘ And fourteen ? ’ but I pretended not to hear him . |
| 28 | HEATHCLIFF HAD GIVEN me a letter for Catherine , but I decided not to show it to her until Mr Edgar was out of the house . |
| 29 | ‘ But I did not tell you — ’ She broke off , distressed . |
| 30 | But I did not stop him coming back , and do not , I beg of you , ask me to try and explain that . |