Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] [verb] we " in BNC.
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| 31 | But when he saw us running towards him , he shouted something to the driver , and the taxi drove off quickly down the road . |
| 32 | ‘ At first he did n't believe us but when he realised we really had found a baby and came back with us to have a look . ’ |
| 33 | He was just a hat and a cloak levitating in the grey plume of his own breath , but when he called we came . |
| 34 | But when she said we were going by Concorde , that , to an engineering student , was it . ’ |
| 35 | But as we walked we began to notice mounting excitement among the people in the streets and in the cafés . |
| 36 | Yeah , they 're all listed are n't but as we came we came in the way we would come , I 'm a bit ignorant , so I suppose we were |
| 37 | And it 's easier to get along with brother so and so and sister so and so , but for goodness me I find , I find it ever so difficult to talk to sister so and so and there 's an area perhaps that we can er think about , stay awake by being respectful and obedient and that 's something that is very important because it 's completely opposite in the world today , respect for all authority and obedience to it is absolutely gone by the ways I find refrain from criticism and careless talk so there are the main points , but as we say we ca n't go into them all , well , so what we 're going to do is to try and just highlight one or two little areas which we could er enlarge on or put the magnifying glass on , so shall we do that ? |
| 38 | ‘ There was a party came over from Prince 's , trollies and all , but as they paid we could hardly object . ’ |
| 39 | Now , that 's really great to me because I mean , you 're really stimulating the youngsters at that age , and quite obviously I could tell you loads of stories the way this neighbourhood engineers er er , scheme works at the moment but as I say we are embarrassed at the moment because , quite obviously , loads of school want us to participate but we got a very shortage of engineers . |
| 40 | And unfortunately second half it did n't come right but as I say we 've got a point out of it so we still you know , kept ourselves unbeaten for a game or two , so we 've just got to try keep it going and take it from there . |
| 41 | ten which would actually give you a B in , in , in normal circumstances but as you know we 're only allowed to give you a C. Right and there 's a few notes in there as well , did I 'll tick your box on your one . |
| 42 | but as you say we wan na get the tellies off him first do n't we ? |