Example sentences of "but [conj] they [vb past] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held her breath until they passed by , but once they had gone she felt safe . |
| 2 | But if they meant to kill him , why delay ? |
| 3 | Well it holding it in pawn , waiting for somebody to ask him to have a drink , and invariably somebody would but if they did ask him they 'd always ask him back next time you know if they could n't do it this time . |
| 4 | ‘ But if they wanted to kidnap you , why did n't they make a better job of it ? ’ asked Jack . |
| 5 | The Court of Aldermen investigated these allegations , but before they had finished them they received a grovelling letter from the keeper of Whitecross Street Gaol tendering his resignation . |
| 6 | But after they had eaten she would take his head in her lap and comb his hair , or she would play sweet tunes on her pair of bone pipes . |
| 7 | But after they had lost their first five wickets with only 134 on the board , Rutherford and Blain swung the balance back in their favour in the last 45 minutes , adding 34 runs to take their side agonisingly close to squaring the series after a humiliating innings and 60-run defeat in Christchurch . |
| 8 | But when they had gone she turned and said , If I was going to die tomorrow I should be mad . |
| 9 | But when they came to drink they found the water had changed to wine . |
| 10 | But when they started to tell her that customers preferred some synthetic mix materials ( they creased less , washed better and were cheaper ) she considered such input was dangerously overstepping their authority . |
| 11 | At first they asked me if I wanted my mum to go out but I said No , but when they started asking me all those sorts of questions they asked me again and I said Yes . |
| 12 | But when they tried to call their ambulance depot at Mayfield , the radio reception was so poor one of the men had to dash to a phone box . |
| 13 | They were successful in taking it as far as the stairs , but when they tried to bring it down it slipped , nearly killing one of them . |
| 14 | ‘ BR used to organise these type of specials themselves but when they stopped doing them we thought we would step in , ’ added one of the organisers , Lancaster Railman Nigel Bryer . |
| 15 | But as they went to pick her up an Embassy limo intervened … ’ |
| 16 | But as they started to grill him on such matters as his attitude to South Africa and Northern Ireland , it was his actions , not his befuddled replies , which riveted the panel 's attention . |