Example sentences of "but [subord] [pers pn] [vb past] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But once he told me that he was n't about to change and that he was likely to be a lifetime philanderer , I saw red and thought , ‘ Screw you ! |
| 2 | Naturally , Eliot was pleased about my enthusiasm for Collingwood , for whom he had considerable regard ; but although he told me he liked the Essay on Philosophical Method , which had appeared in 1933 and concerning which I had attended Collingwood 's lecture-course in my first year , I could see that he was more interested in such works as A. E. Taylor 's Faith of a Moralist , or more directly theological works , such as those of Jacques Maritain . |
| 3 | But although I said I was reasonably Spartan , this bare Nissen hut and my little windy bivouac pall a bit at times . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I had never asked my guide but if I had I am sure he would have answered , ‘ Machu Picchu — mi madre . ’ |
| 6 | But if she disappeared I 'd be worried all time . |
| 7 | But if she did I think she will pass out on her record because perhaps , even more delightful than someone who , you know , sitting down to an exam and , and doing reasonably well on it . |
| 8 | ‘ Look , Ace is angry enough with me as it is , but if he thought I 'd betray … ’ |
| 9 | But if you asked me how a motor car worked you would think me somewhat pompous if I answered in terms of Newton 's laws and the laws of thermodynamics , and downright obscurantist if I answered in terms of fundamental particles . |
| 10 | But if you had me on the table or on the trolley in intensive care — the submarine blip of the oscilloscope ( like a lost code ) , the richly sighing respirator-then I 'd be going , going , tumbling end over end . |
| 11 | And I want it like yours but like you said I 'd have to buy erm Artex and get Chris to do it . |
| 12 | Not so much because of the menace in his voice and manner , but because it caused me to lose what little respect I had for him . |
| 13 | ‘ He has left you a cottage in Devonshire , and he said : ‘ Tell her it 's not because she saved my life , but because she gave me a fourpenny cigar . ' ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But before we left I saw Donald . |
| 15 | ‘ — anyway they never saw me , but before I went I heard her say , in a slinky sort of voice . |
| 16 | This is going to sound pretty stupid , but before I left I put one of the baby 's diapers in my kitbag . |
| 17 | So anyway I er the War came and went but before it went I was in , went int eh Army of course . |
| 18 | I mean I could choose not to do an album , but when they asked me to an album that was exciting to say yes . |
| 19 | But when they took me they also took my bicycle , and I ca n't live without it . |
| 20 | But when they saw me walking out of the sea , they welcomed me warmly with cries of astonishment and delight . |
| 21 | Everything went smoothly so long as I lay on my tummy , but when they turned me on to my back I was assailed with a searing pain there . |
| 22 | I 've lived all my life waiting for an opportunity like this , somebody saying you 're all individuals , but when it came I was not convinced . |
| 23 | ‘ But when it went I thought I needed an operation . |
| 24 | But when I said I was doing it in Scotland , people just shivered . |
| 25 | When I was at school I hated it , but when I left I wished I were back there . |
| 26 | I went there one Sunday , I thought we 'll have a meal but when I looked I said no chance ! |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Soon I found a hut , which seemed to be empty , but when I entered I saw a pretty young woman asleep on the floor . |
| 29 | But when I awoke I was sane . |
| 30 | and just the , the part here , I mean this , this I do n't know if it 's right or if it 's wrong but when you said I wan na put twenty quid towards my children 's future perhaps the way I would see is I , I would think twenty quid 'll go nowhere for their future , it 's gon na be a lot more expensive so as you 're openly offering me to take the money off you for that I would have perhaps gone down to try and commit you towards that need there and then to see how important it is and then , because when I er eventually bring back erm the sort of agenda and say look it 's gon na cost you a hundred and twenty quid a month erm you 're sort of sold on the idea . |