Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted to move , to step back , but nothing seemed to be happening . |
| 2 | ‘ My dear fellow , it is but seldom that one has the pleasure of meeting a friend from the old days in Petersburg , but I chanced to be in Vienna recently , and have heard much about you from mutual acquaintances . |
| 3 | But I had to be back before dark still , and in the fairly late afternoon I had to change buses at Hyde Park Corner . |
| 4 | But I had to be content with a phone call . ’ |
| 5 | But I had to be careful I did n't knock her weight down too much , because her fitness could deteriorate . |
| 6 | ‘ I know how you must feel but I had to be sure you were n't another journalist out for a story . ’ |
| 7 | I regret dragging you back here , but I had to be certain . " |
| 8 | They did exchange it in the end but I had to be very insistent and it took three months . |
| 9 | Naturally , I hoped for the best as regards the efficacy of my heart-felt prayer , but I had to be practical . |
| 10 | But I had to be sure , did n't I ? |
| 11 | I 'm not a hard person , but I had to be tough for the kid 's sake . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But I had to be realistic . |
| 13 | They were but it , well it was an event , a big event in , in the , among the younger people anyway in Brooks in Willenhall then and er it was really lovely , really lovely I forget if we had to pay to go in , but er we had er we saved up for a good few weeks before , so that we would have some money to spend at the Wakes it was one of the an event of the year then , but erm I used to like Willenhall Wakes and er I used to go dancing a lot well I was allowed to go dancing cos I 've always loved singing and dancing you see and er I was allowed but I had to be home before my father got home , but I was n't always . |
| 14 | Say , well I 'm awfully sorry I 'm off at five but I got to be back at eight . |
| 15 | Twice I rose and tried to help her , but I seemed to be in a different dream . |
| 16 | I was delighted to find her again , but I pretended to be angry to punish her . |
| 17 | Normally I ask for an appointment , but I happened to be passing and saw the lights — and the chopper . |
| 18 | I said I would be happy to talk to anyone but I refused to be subjected to personal attack . |
| 19 | He kept up this sort of thing a while longer , but I refused to be provoked and in the end he had to let me go . |
| 20 | I could have said anything , made an excuse , but I wanted to be straight and it 's only making things worse . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I was at Queen Eleanor 's and they urged me to go to university , but I wanted to be independent , so I came into the Met . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Paris was the place then , ’ he said , ‘ but I wanted to be different . |
| 23 | Designing clothes for Carnega was all very well and I made a good living at it I wo n't deny but I wanted to be free to do my own thing — and to have my own name on the labels . |
| 24 | But I wanted to be involved with a company who was well into the swing of tube amps and take it on from there , and so I started with Ampeg in 1990 . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I knew I would never be fit to play , but I wanted to be part of it still . |
| 26 | I have seen what graphics packages on more sophisticated computers were able to produce , but I wanted to be able to use this with the knitting machine . |
| 27 | But I wanted to be the Somebody when I came back to her . |
| 28 | I did n't want to talk to anyone , you know , but I wanted to be near people . |
| 29 | I did not want our enemy to know I was here , but I wanted to be near enough to make sure that you and Sir Henry were safe . |
| 30 | I did not understand what the man was doing , but I wanted to be near the fire . |