Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I woke up in the middle of the night and could n't get back to sleep , so I decided to bake a cake , after all . |
| 2 | ‘ But I woke up in the middle of the night in agony . |
| 3 | I respect my hon. Friend 's strong personal feelings , but I point out to him that Parliament has expressed its view very strongly . |
| 4 | I said I had to piss , but I ran out of the house and walked around the streets wondering what the fuck to do and trying to imagine what Dad was saying to Mum and how she was taking it . |
| 5 | I suppose I was on my way to call for Millie , but I walk on past the house instead , obscurely ashamed to have caught her father unawares . |
| 6 | I was crying outright now , and he made a move towards me which I sensed in the darkness , but I lashed out with my hand and knocked his arm down , and cried , " Leave me alone , that 's what you want to do ! " |
| 7 | He looked at me as though he had seen me somewhere before , but I passed by with a curt nod . |
| 8 | But I came back as a Gnome . |
| 9 | I was very unhappy , but I came back to France , to Paris . |
| 10 | ‘ But I came down to the theatre and was assured it was suitable for children so we came with open minds , ’ she said . |
| 11 | But I came out with an O level ! |
| 12 | But I came out of the stand through the fire exit and I ca n't get back in . |
| 13 | Well I was I was me leg for a bit too But I went up to Monklands and |
| 14 | My headmaster thought I was much too young to try for Oxford , but I went up in March 1959 to do the scholarship exam with two boys from the year above me at school . |
| 15 | She said at last , ‘ You may think it strange , but I went round with Mr Sheldrake . |
| 16 | But I went on to bigger clubs . ’ |
| 17 | I was meant to talk for fifteen minutes but I went on for three-quarters of an hour . |
| 18 | ‘ No , but I went down to the quay one Sunday and I heard her . |
| 19 | We were in Stratford for the summer , but I went down to Hampshire for a few weeks to do some business for Will about some sheep . |
| 20 | ‘ But I went back to my first dancing teacher who taught me when I was 12 and it was like five hours of physiotherapy every day . |
| 21 | But I went along with him , and from time to time we shared a toothbrush , either his or mine . |
| 22 | ‘ It was Rose 's idea , but I went along with it willingly enough . |
| 23 | ‘ I was not happy with this , but I went along with it because I had enjoyed playing under Ossie at Swindon . |
| 24 | Erm the volume i i is tremendous and er one worries about the effect of the surging waters on such an old construction , now we far worse than and consequently the emergency services have had to consider all sorts of alternatives , some of which you see now with the piping on , on the surface of it 's been having a good result the immediate problem , but you ca n't stop there and the emergency team have given consideration to all sorts of other possible temporary solutions in the event or that the pumping failed and er I think that 's possibly where this rumour about erm the railway line arrived but er I think Chairman I 've said enough , we all , we would all agree I think that the emergency workers have performed er I think we 're all pleased to see the army coming in erm and doing what they 've done and erm I certainly er appreciated the opportunity to come in on the old A Twenty Seven through West it took my mind back er many years I can tell you and erm I , I think congratulations all round are due , but I come back to what 's all saying and which I support as it would be a folly when the dust has settled erm to really take a an objective er position and see that er arrangements are in hand channels and things like that will not again be supercharged in the way they are . |
| 25 | But I come back to what I 've said at the outset Mr Mayor in conclusion . |
| 26 | Erm , no , but I come in for |
| 27 | It was the last lesson of the day and I could n't help it , but I come out with a big burp in the middle of the lesson and she goes , ‘ Fay , are you feeling all right ? ’ and I says , ‘ Yes Miss , of course I am ’ , and then she goes to me when I did it again , ‘ FAY ! ’ and I goes , ‘ It 's all right ’ , I goes , ‘ Pardon me , Miss . |
| 28 | Butchering 's a tasty part of , if I wanted to do anything I 'd take a leaf out of , I would say is that , but I delegate down through the butchers . |
| 29 | yeah , but I get up at five |
| 30 | But I looked out of the window as I spoke to him . |