Example sentences of "but [conj] i [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 If I snatch your hat from your head with intent to steal it , that is conversion as well as trespass , but if I throw it at another person , that is trespass only , for I am not questioning your title to it .
2 But if I worship thee for thyself alone ,
3 ‘ Sydel , ’ he said , ‘ there is something , but if I tell you about it , it might not happen . ’
4 But if I pull it off it 'll tear .
5 But if I win it at least I will be stopping Ayrton Senna — and that is my way of helping Alain to win the title . ’
6 Theyspoketo them nicely but if I asked them for anything it was as though they could n't be bothered .
7 I do n't really get pocket money but if I see something in the shops in , in , this toy or something my mum , mum 'll buy it for me and say that 's your pocket money for this week .
8 But if i see you at towards the end of the And the packs are all labelled , it 's very
9 But when I rejected everything of this sort to set myself to one purpose , my soul was absorbed with love for my Maker .
10 But when I asked him for permission he just agreed .
11 but when I asked them for a crayon ,
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 But when I tried it as a young kid I could n't even hit the pitch for several years .
15 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 .
16 But when I accused her of that , she firmly shook her head .
17 But when I mentioned it to Ross , during the flight from America , he was dead against the idea .
18 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 .
19 I made on the deal , but when I switched it on my first thought was : uh-oh .
20 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 .
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