Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] but [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | mother and I hope father and I will be around to want to pick up what we can to help you 've got ta start thinking about standing on your own feet , you know , because admittedly I er I , I , I could turn out to be not as bad a financial state as I anticipated but I never was stinking rich and I 'm certainly not stinking rich now , so erm I mean |
| 2 | He says no , but he , he , he still half owns it , he says his name 's on the lease , I said but it still do n't make it right that if he , if he earned half of it then half the bills are his |
| 3 | causing bad feeling or trying to upset her trade , I mean we know she 's rubbish but erm I , I said er I just said well the children who enjoy it enjoy it I said but he never really settled and er we felt that between us we 'd got over twenty years ' experience of working with children , we reckoned we knew a little bit more about what makes children tick . |
| 4 | I did n't get difficult when I drank but I often could n't remember where I 'd been or what I 'd done or even how I 'd got back home . |
| 5 | She moved but she still kept glancing about . |
| 6 | Yes I think we did but we also had something else . |
| 7 | His wife , Sarah , was also a canoeist before they met but they now face the problem of babysitters for their two youngsters . |
| 8 | They fitted but they still looked a bit baggy . |
| 9 | But I warned my children completely off teaching so none of them even contemplated , well they did contemplate , two of them did but I just told them no , not to countenance it |
| 10 | I know you will he disappointed but I really would like you to give me a change . " |
| 11 | The lights went yellow as he approached but he just managed to squeeze through , to a chorus of horn blasts . |
| 12 | I do n't know why or how it worked but it certainly took my mind off my voice . |
| 13 | But I was there , he had but they never had one before that , and Barry had erm , erm does it all before you and erm cos I try and go up there swing like this . |
| 14 | And he , he said but we only |