Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just pressed but cos there 's a little line . |
| 2 | Well then , I thought , if I believed in such a being which I had to confess I once did but no more — He ( She or It ) would certainly have to be on my side now , the game working out as it had . |
| 3 | ‘ He was the strongest man I ever knew but he went blind through the strain of smithing . |
| 4 | Actually , she influenced every decision I ever made but I always felt she put a barrier between us . |
| 5 | I could walk as fast as I ever did but I tended to roll my shoulders and turn my three-toed foot in as I did so . |
| 6 | ‘ I always did but it is n't easy , is it ? |
| 7 | Perhaps it was sitting in front of an audience that I hardly knew but believed to be very worthy that brought back that old feeling of being a bit of a fraud , particularly when one lady , catching the shreds of my zeal said I had taken away her fear of cancer ! |
| 8 | She was the one person I really trusted but I felt she had lied and betrayed me . |
| 9 | Yes did n't buy any new ornaments when I was up in Liverpool cos I did n't see anything that I particularly liked but what Carla has done gives me an idea for making some extra bits for the tree Where did you get that from ? |
| 10 | When I told him that Howard Moss — whom I never met but whose poetry I greatly admired — had already published several of my poems , Dana appeared surprised and a little put out . |
| 11 | It 's what I never did but I always meant to do |
| 12 | She rarely smiled but this was not through a lack of good nature : her responsibilities had given her a serious expression . |
| 13 | and erm I mean there was th the curate who that she eventually married but , really they would n't know , they would n't have any male friends . |
| 14 | You just got but I 'll have to go there for about three years . |
| 15 | A language she once knew but had forgotten about , forgotten ever hearing , forgotten she could speak . |
| 16 | After years of living with Lewis she still knew but did not know that ‘ a man ’ could regard reading as the main business of the day and everything else as an interruption . |
| 17 | She almost succumbed but then common sense came to her aid . |
| 18 | She never remarried but had many admirers and friends , including William Heinemann and John Masefield [ qq.v . ] . |
| 19 | She never did but it 's always worth watching a human , just in case . |
| 20 | She half turned but thought better of it . |
| 21 | Your reply should therefore include not just what you actually did but any special skills you were able to bring to the job and any particular equipment you have been trained to use . |
| 22 | And we just chatted but you know she said like , I said oh hello she said hello it 's Ensla , I said oh hello ! |
| 23 | Now whether it had got there by mistake we never knew but there was no question she was absolutely just dismissed on the spot . |
| 24 | It has given its owners a greater degree of mobility than they hitherto possessed but the social and environmental cost has been considerable . |
| 25 | They still came but there was a new uneasiness in this department of my life as well . |
| 26 | Yeah , my fault my Lord , yes they both did but those weapons would have been holstered . |
| 27 | they even existed but from where I was |
| 28 | I actually mar marked twelve closed questions as it so happened but that 's , that 's neither here nor there , that 's ju that 's just a point of reference . |
| 29 | It soon died but the monk continued his meditations , his door barred against the baying hounds . |
| 30 | He was thinking of Hilbert 's shot-gun that he still had but which he should perhaps not keep much longer . |