Example sentences of "but [adv] [pron] [adv] [vb past] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps they still had a future life together . |
| 2 | But it was pleasant to feel safe and looked-after , and another nice thing was that nobody remarked on , or even appeared to notice my absence of rings — except the Matron , who was inclined to toss her head a bit as she passed me , but perhaps she just had a tic . |
| 3 | Frustrating it was , but somehow I still had a good night out . |
| 4 | He had wept too but now he calmly awaited a new pleasure . |
| 5 | But then he never missed a trick . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought I might get just to chat to one of them , but instead I suddenly found a whole bleeding pack of them behind me . |