Example sentences of "but [conj] i [vb past] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theyspoketo them nicely but if I asked them for anything it was as though they could n't be bothered . |
| 2 | But when I rejected everything of this sort to set myself to one purpose , my soul was absorbed with love for my Maker . |
| 3 | But when I asked him for permission he just agreed . |
| 4 | but when I asked them for a crayon , |
| 5 | I 'd heard that American Music Club were something wonderful , but when I saw them at the Grand in Clapham recently , I was n't that impressed . |
| 6 | I mean some people were quite willing to answer it and they were quite willing to say what stereotypes they usually employ and others j er just clam up and said , oh I never judge people , and I thought yeah liar doing all the time ? biggest gossips in the office and she 's never got a good word to say about anyone , she 's always digging the dirt but when I presented her with it , I never try to judge people . |
| 7 | ‘ But when I tried it as a young kid I could n't even hit the pitch for several years . |
| 8 | I had worked out a peace formula that I thought might be acceptable , but when I showed it to Wilson he scoffed at it as being altogether too legalistic and proceeded to provide me with a formula of his own . |
| 9 | But when I accused her of that , she firmly shook her head . |
| 10 | ‘ But when I mentioned it to Ross , during the flight from America , he was dead against the idea . |
| 11 | Well I know the the when we had the er I T V , you know , over Christmas it said in there it was on Central but when I turned it on it was n't at all . |
| 12 | I made on the deal , but when I switched it on my first thought was : uh-oh . |
| 13 | It was difficult to see what she was offering at first but as I took them from her I saw they were credit cards , an Access and a Visa , both made out in the name of Mrs J. A. Scamp . |