Example sentences of "but [adv] i [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mostly I just felt my power ! |
| 2 | Then , in response to my crestfallen look , he added kindly : ‘ Of course you did not look gay — you 're no screaming queen — but nevertheless I just knew . ’ |
| 3 | But tonight I never had before , yeah ah yeah ! |
| 4 | But somehow I just managed to miss Leading Aircraftsman by two per cent when I passed out . |
| 5 | Frustrating it was , but somehow I still had a good night out . |
| 6 | But somehow I always feared that one day she would return to claim what 's hers . |
| 7 | I wondered about it , but somehow I never got around to asking . ’ |
| 8 | But yesterday I really fancied something sweet . |
| 9 | But now I instinctively thought , Oh no you did n't Ollie , you did n't resign , you got sacked . |
| 10 | Sometimes I 'd wear a headscarf , but mainly I just did n't go out . |
| 11 | No , I have n't done anything recently , but today I actually rang publishing one of the papers about Sabri 's release and spoke to a guy at the Herald and Post and someone at The Observer , said I hope you put something in this week . |
| 12 | But today I really felt it . |
| 13 | It stalls , I stalled it tonight but well I just caught it . |
| 14 | But here I still sat , unenlightened , puzzling . |
| 15 | But then I nearly laughed . |
| 16 | At first , I was missing it , but then I finally realized : ‘ Oh , yeah . |
| 17 | But then I finally stopped resisting and found that there 's a life in the land beyond the life of any one person , Thomas ; the lives of the people only stand in the way . ’ |
| 18 | But then I just told you that . |
| 19 | Well , now I 'd know what to do but then I just looked at him for help , and said , ‘ I do n't know any . |
| 20 | It certainly shook me when you came downstairs , but then I just thought my people might be away , and have let the cottage . |
| 21 | I appreciate you 're a very clever woman , but then I never took you for a fool . |
| 22 | ‘ Ah yes , ’ she heard herself cry , ‘ but then I never went away , did 1 ? 1 stayed , I stayed with you . |
| 23 | Bilaleet was less enjoyable for me as I could n't get used to sweet vermicelli , but then I never liked rice pudding either . |
| 24 | It might have come in handy frozen , as a weapon in case Pointy-Beard and Shifty-Eyes turned up again , but then I now had Doogie on side . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought I might get just to chat to one of them , but instead I suddenly found a whole bleeding pack of them behind me . |