Example sentences of "but i [vb past] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know , dear — there is a farm next door to us back on the dear old homestead and Daddy does usually describe himself as a farmer — but I meant that we capitalist parasites would be taking the place of the oxen , not the horny-handed salt-of-the-earth types cracking the whip over them . ’ |
| 2 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 3 | But I knew that it was time to leave , and we said goodbye to them on New Year 's Eve . |
| 4 | But I knew that it was no massive dental operation in progress but that the sluice itself was blocked by leaves , that the water going into the pipe which fed the turbine was at a minimum and that if I did n't get up and deal with the problem the turbine would shut down and the melin would be pretty cold in the morning . |
| 5 | Soon I , too , was very distressed , but I knew that it was going to be dead within a few hours , and I was helpless . |
| 6 | But I knew that it would be difficult to persuade Jimbo that he had to work at the exercises : yet if the treatment were to succeed , it had to be him — Jimbo himself — who , in the end , would reopen the pathway of nerves between brain and muscle . |
| 7 | It 's been a lot of hard work but I knew that it would be when I first came on to the Tour . |
| 8 | I was very tired but I knew that I must look out for a trap . |
| 9 | The adrenalin was pumping but I knew that I could control it , knew that it was necessary to a good performance . |
| 10 | I left the hospital with Drew 's warning eating away at my subconscious , but I knew that I must keep faith with Toby and talk to Froggy 's sister . |
| 11 | But I knew that he would n't use the knife until the ship was safely on the beach . |
| 12 | He never said anything , but I knew that he knew , because he was nicer to me than he had ever been before . |
| 13 | To have asked him to be a godfather had crossed my mind ; but I knew that he already held this office in plurality . |
| 14 | But I knew that you wanted me to talk to you whether you wanted me to or not ! |
| 15 | I did n't have the faintest idea how this girl could help me but I knew that she was going to try . |
| 16 | I did not ask him why , but I sensed that it was because he knew the culprit . |
| 17 | ‘ A lot of love came over , but I sensed that he was restless , and anxious too . |
| 18 | But I gathered that it was because of some kind of political dissent , his being a member of an unauthorized group that had held secret meetings . |
| 19 | As predicted , he was holding a bottle , but I saw that it was almost if not quite full . |
| 20 | ‘ But I realised that I had spoken too soon , ’ he continued . |
| 21 | I made it clear that I wanted our discussion that morning to focus on business matters , but I realised that she had a need to talk to someone , preferably someone discreet . |
| 22 | cos its not fair , but I noticed that they 'd put plywood at the back of the bath |
| 23 | The old lady spoke to me occasionally , but I noticed that she seemed to lapse into quiet moods . |
| 24 | Once a Met Officer remarked cheerfully to me ( from the warmth and light of the office ) , that the rats were much more frightened of me than I was of them , but I noticed that he did n't take me up on my suggestion that he should come out with me and see for himself . |
| 25 | Well I do n't I said , I said I 'll take it , but I said that I really do n't , I mean I said it 's really , I said I 've explained very carefully it 's Iris who had all that yes , ah , but here 's a script , so you see , that had at least got through |
| 26 | Okay , yes I agreed for the er the price but I said that I have n't seen the work . |
| 27 | But I said that it is always a good sign when things go wrong before the night . |
| 28 | But I believed that I could avoid them , with some help from the Vadinamian processes themselves . |
| 29 | There were , of course , the inevitable forms to fill in and letters of condolence to answer , but I realized that I had not for a moment , since before the previous Christmas , given a thought to the prospect of life for one . |
| 30 | I had already got some friends who came from my primary school but I realized that I could n't stay friends forever with them . |