Example sentences of "but [conj] i [vb past] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was unable to share his joy , not particularly because my home team had been held to a draw , but because I fell headlong into the tent , throwing a pan of boiling rice everywhere . |
| 2 | Although these omissions suited me at the time , I have since found them incredible to the point of doubting my own powers of recollection , but when I checked recently with my sister , she confirmed their accuracy . |
| 3 | But when I ran away from the orphanage , I was so nearly trapped again . |
| 4 | But when I looked again at the taut group riveted to the game , now not even speaking , I had my doubts . |
| 5 | The two hind feet hit me almost simultaneously but as I sailed backwards through the door I remember thinking quite clearly that the one on the chest had made contact fractionally before the one on the abdomen . |