Example sentences of "but [subord] i [vb past] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although I said I was reasonably Spartan , this bare Nissen hut and my little windy bivouac pall a bit at times . |
| 2 | I listened for some sound of other prisoners in the building but although I thought I heard the locking and unlocking of other doors the only voices were those of the guards . |
| 3 | I had never asked my guide but if I had I am sure he would have answered , ‘ Machu Picchu — mi madre . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ — anyway they never saw me , but before I went I heard her say , in a slinky sort of voice . |
| 5 | This is going to sound pretty stupid , but before I left I put one of the baby 's diapers in my kitbag . |
| 6 | But when I said I was doing it in Scotland , people just shivered . |
| 7 | When I was at school I hated it , but when I left I wished I were back there . |
| 8 | I went there one Sunday , I thought we 'll have a meal but when I looked I said no chance ! |
| 9 | over a number of years I was subjected to domestic violence , erm , the last time I left I did n't report it right away , morally it was my son , I did n't want to drag him through the court , but when I did I was told no , your too late , you will just be seen as a woman scorned , your trying to get revenge , and that 's it , no , I 'm not taking a statement . |
| 10 | Soon I found a hut , which seemed to be empty , but when I entered I saw a pretty young woman asleep on the floor . |
| 11 | But when I awoke I was sane . |
| 12 | We have n't been trying hard to persuade the Garrimperos to adopt different technologies , more modern technologies that would avoid the contamination of the mercury , but as I said I believe the only way of reaching this goal is if we can organize the Garrimperos to have er a kind of er institutionalized way of exploiting gold , not the sort of gold rush i that is being on and on On and off in Brazil for two centuries right now . |
| 13 | The general manager of LUFC is called Alan Roberts , but as I said I only heard half the story . |