Example sentences of "but [conj] i go to " in BNC.

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1 I went to me doctor as well , but if I go to that doctor with a swollen ankle or somethin' , she gives me antibiotics , if it 's me back , it 's antibiotics , if it 's a cold , antibiotics .
2 But if I went to Joyce and told him that his men were doing something that was n't fair to the police , trying us too hard or interfering with our time off , he 'd have his men right off that job in half an hour and there 'd be no grumbling . ’
3 But before I went to Luggnagg , an official I had met in Lagado persuaded me to visit the small island of Glubbdubdrib .
4 It is sad that in Britain we have lost most of our old heritage , but when I went to Ireland I was pleased to find that Yeats and others before him had rescued many of the stories and legends that had been in danger of being lost .
5 But when I went to university , I did n't bother at all until I encountered a girl who I got the impression would be immensely impressed if I could speak .
6 I awoke next morning to a brilliant pearly light , but when I went to the window , no sea was visible .
7 " Forgive me , " he said to Sir Edmund , " but when I went to the Commissioner , whom I know slightly , I understood that the police would be good enough to look into our problem .
8 He seemed bright enough and very eager to learn , but when I went to the school to see his work I found that his handwriting was very , very bad and his spelling was absolutely atrocious , and although he was good at mathematics , as time went on he began to get very worried and very upset about it and when I looked at his work I realized that he was doing a lot of the words back to front and was getting the direction of figures mixed up .
9 But when I go to the shops and I spend seventy pound for a week .
10 I wanted to find someone to help Mrs Hobbs but as I went to the desk , she was already being carried through the door .
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