Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [adv] [vb pp] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew he was dead , but I had n't lost him . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I knew him , back in student days but I had n't seen him for ten years . ’ |
| 4 | I thought of all the possibilities , and it seemed to me it was there all the time , but I had n't seen it . |
| 5 | But I had n't noticed him clocking the fact until the day he decided to bugger off to Box 29 with Veronica . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 10 | It may have been my stupidity , but I had not realised it . |
| 11 | This was untrue , but I had already lent him the money . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I had heard of Genesis but I had never heard them . |
| 13 | I knew of the Knowlton Circles in Dorset but I had never seen them , although I had seen an air photograph . |
| 14 | He had made many attempts to put his arms around me , but I had always evaded him . |
| 15 | ‘ But I 'd just seen you talking to Phena , who told you I was n't in the study , ’ he said softly . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I 'd always guessed Nicola had a rich fantasy life but I 'd never guessed it was quite that rich , ’ she snorted derisively . |
| 18 | But I 'd never done it to a policeman before . |
| 19 | Yeah well I know what to look for now , when I go down I can get 'em but I 'd never seen 'em before |
| 20 | I knew I 'd seen it but I 'd never tried it . |
| 21 | Another regular said : ‘ Everyone knew about the twins — but nobody had ever seen them . |
| 22 | She was not likely to meet any young man , she considered , but nobody had ever tutored her before on how to attract one . |
| 23 | ‘ But you had n't seen her on that occasion ? ’ |
| 24 | You wrote and told me to ring — presumably you were too mean to ring me — but you had n't given me the number . |
| 25 | Poor-sighted as they were , they caught the brilliant light of the jewel , but you had mistakenly put it on your left hand , whereas Lady Eleanor always wore the ring on the right . |
| 26 | It was due to take place the last week in August and Mrs Bennett who , since the death of her husband , had lived with her married daughter , had promised to ‘ see it through ’ , as she put it ; but she had also made it quite clear that she had no desire to stay on permanently , as Celia had hoped . |
| 27 | But she had n't done it in stages . |
| 28 | He had wanted Arianna , but she had n't wanted him . |
| 29 | So OK , she had n't been the best dinner companion in the world that evening , but she had n't asked him to take her out , he had asked her . |
| 30 | It was hanging on the wall in the sitting-room but she had n't seen it the night before . |