Example sentences of "but [subord] i [vb past] at " in BNC.

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1 But when I looked at the date , my father could only have been about twelve year old you see , when these letters were written so it must have been my grandfather writing to Coventry and Birmingham for parts for the penny farthing bicycles which he worked on .
2 Good progress was made on the Saturday but when I looked at what still remained for Sunday , I thought we 'd do well to finish half the distance .
3 But when I arrived at The St Chad 's Deanery Day for Stockport and discovered there was a group of 20 people aged from ten up to 19 , I thought that things could n't be so bad after all .
4 You see , to let you understand , this was maybe about four or five years after nationalization and prior to nationalization of course , was under the L M S , Street Station and were under the L M S and was under the L N E R. But when I arrived at , I heard them talking about the Callie see , the Callie railway .
5 But when I started at Benedict 's nineteen years ago , and during my training , though a few forced the pace , no-one thought one odd , or sick , if one did n't leap into bed with one 's boyfriend , or indulge in violent necking sessions on every date .
6 Driving away , I noticed that the vast chimney was still not functioning , but when I called at a neighbouring house a woman showed me videos she had taken of smoke coming from the plant , settling in her garden .
7 The aim of the course is to provide advice and information but as I said at the beginning to get you talking about it .
8 erm disappointed , but as I said at the beginning it was almost inevitable , erm with the results of the Westgate by-election , which were very disappointing .
9 But as I hinted at the start , sound per se can not be ignored .
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