Example sentences of "[adv] but [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had gone out together but there had not been a sexual relationship between them as Faye had been unwilling to sleep with Harris , said Mr Chadd . |
| 2 | ‘ They had been living together but she said she was leaving him , ’ said Mr Ben Hemo . |
| 3 | It took forty-seven stitches to put that whippet back together but it lived . |
| 4 | John tried to hold the family together but it knocked everyone back . ’ |
| 5 | Michael sniggered behind Moran as soon as they were on the road together but it drew such a quelling look from Maggie that he went quiet . |
| 6 | I should have known better but I got a booking about half past nine in the evening . |
| 7 | I thought it would 've been a bit better but I did enjoy it , I did enjoy it . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , she did n't like the idea much but she said she 'd try . ’ |
| 9 | She had not liked him very much but she judged him to be one of those unfortunate men who dislike their neighbours even more than they dislike themselves and as such he was to be pitied , plodding on from day to day among his bingo-playing telly-watching parishioners . |
| 10 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |
| 11 | My stomach went all queer inside but I managed to push the message between her icy fingers and kiss her forehead before I pulled my hand away . |
| 12 | We 're hoping he wo n't be there long but they thought he might n't be able to manage in big classes . |
| 13 | It played for a little while , I did n't play it for long but it did play . |
| 14 | ' He tugged the sleeves of the jersey down but they slid stubbornly back to between his wrists and elbows . |
| 15 | We were n't knuckling down but we started working more because we were n't fucking bossed about . |
| 16 | I mean , I know , but Colin ai n't been down much this week , because Colin 's been working , he 's been working every day and that , you know what I mean , it 's been a bit hard for us to get down but we tried . |
| 17 | The big bag they had brought for the goose caught between her legs and almost threw her down but she recovered her balance , her feet slipping and sliding . |
| 18 | Her voice almost let her down but she persevered . |
| 19 | After several hours Matron managed to calm him down but he left her in a terrible mood . |
| 20 | so he said well that 's you down but he said he wanted to cut them back . |
| 21 | Mother Bombie motioned him to keep his voice down but he ignored her . |
| 22 | I tried to stare him down but he kept talking . |
| 23 | His Halifax , W1041 ‘ B ’ , has also been shot down but he survived and escaped via Sweden . |
| 24 | The electricity authority said the only high-voltage power line had been brought down but it did not say how or by whom . |
| 25 | By Christmas it was really getting me down but I had to keep going . |
| 26 | Well I know it 's wrong , since I had n't put it down but I had Heron down . |
| 27 | She wanted to sit down but I said we 've just got to get out as soon as possible . |
| 28 | She wanted to sit down but I said we 've just got to get out as soon as possible . |
| 29 | That was bad enough but what made it worse was that I had n't the faintest idea what was wrong with them . |
| 30 | He liked Hana 's mother well enough but she had just refused to learn any English at all , and every visit was a strain . |