Example sentences of "[pers pn] but [vb past] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it was someone else that told me but told me not to tell anyone and I had to beg it out of him cos I just wanted to know . |
| 2 | Santerre hastened to open it but told us not to bring any torches in . |
| 3 | I glanced quickly at it but found it too difficult to understand , so I gave it back . |
| 4 | Maidstone had not parted with it but held it firmly in his left fist . |
| 5 | As the days went by and the busy little transport box seemed to be making only slow way into the huge heap of lime , he no longer eased it out on the blade of the shovel for the wind to take it but scattered it anywhere out of sight , anywhere to be rid of it . |