Example sentences of "but [conj] i [vb past] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that I 'd done before . |
| 2 | I felt so sad but if I had gone there and seen her , how would I have felt ? |
| 3 | ‘ But if I chose to do so , what then , Miss Ruth Appleby ? ’ |
| 4 | But before I 'd got very far with my story he shrugged his shoulders and said he did n't believe me . |
| 5 | ‘ I took a plumbers apprenticeship when I left school , ’ he said , ‘ But after I 'd worked here for a while , I decided to stay on full time . ’ |
| 6 | I was already shivering with cold , but when I tried to walk faster my heart pounded unpleasantly . |
| 7 | ‘ For nearly two years I did nothing , but as I had worked very hard very young , I had no feeling of guilt that I had to do something , because I had already proved that when I wanted to work , I could do it . ’ |
| 8 | But as I turned to go downstairs , my landlord , thinking he was alone , threw himself on the bed , pushed open the window and called into the darkness . |