Example sentences of "but [conj] i [vb past] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although I wrote in my diary that I wished I were dead , I never seriously considered death — suicide — as a solution to my problems . |
| 2 | No but like I said to my mum it 'll be alright because your do , your brother 'll be in all evening wo n't he Helena ? |
| 3 | ‘ It came as such a shock , but since I got over it , life 's been brilliant . |
| 4 | But while I lay in my bed I thought about the accident . |
| 5 | But when I wrote to him it did n't work out ; he was much too polite and too adoring I do n't want to be adored , I want to be used and abused , I want to be treated with contempt . |
| 6 | But when I heard from him that she was ill , I had to ... ’ |
| 7 | Good progress was made on the Saturday but when I looked at what still remained for Sunday , I thought we 'd do well to finish half the distance . |
| 8 | Large armchairs , with loose covers , looked comfortable , but when I sat in one it had a broken spring . |
| 9 | But when I spoke to them — ’ |
| 10 | But when I talked to you , your voice was loud and clear . |
| 11 | And then he said I 'm always here and I do n't know whether he 's supposed to come down or what it is but as I said to him it 's a load of codswallop . |
| 12 | But as I said to her — I said , God will provide . ’ |
| 13 | well and good a unit linked policy but as I said to you before that if they , if the market crashes the day before your policy is due out you |
| 14 | But as I looked into her lovely face , I knew I could not live with the lie . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ They were shooting in all directions but as I drove towards them on my tractor they started to run . |
| 16 | Elegance was not a concept I associated with myself , nor with nuns , but as I thought about it I realised that Lili was right . |
| 17 | It 's purely a matter of personal preference , but as I sat on my bed that day , stroking Dawn , I knew that she was the one . |
| 18 | But as I sat with my legs dangling over the edge , looking out on to the quiet water meadow , the anarchy of Delhi seemed far away and I began to see why in all the most sensible cultures , Paradise was envisaged as a walled pleasure garden . |