Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [be] [noun] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was late arriving at the restaurant where she had arranged to meet her friends , but they were women she had known since university days and were busy catching up on everyone else 's news . |
| 2 | She wanted to tell him that she loved him , but they were words she had never spoken to anyone . |
| 3 | But it is time they recognised the PLO as the real representative of the Palestinian people . ’ |
| 4 | " There are other things more unkind , but it is time I went . " |
| 5 | ‘ But it 's time you did ! ’ |
| 6 | This I could have done from the Royal College — but it was Oxford I wanted — and to go to Somerville where I had a friend who told me about it . |
| 7 | But it was Kevin she wanted . |
| 8 | But it was Friday she did it , and Thursday we were expecting her , so there would have been time when she had . |