Example sentences of "but i [vb past] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After he 'd gone Dad said he would consider what Mr Vulcan had said but I knew already what I wanted and I knew Dad would n't object . |
| 2 | But I knew where her father lived . |
| 3 | ‘ But I knew where I was with you ! ’ he says irritably . |
| 4 | In half an hour she felt a lot better , but I knew now it would be my job to see her safely down to the hut . |
| 5 | I suppose I could have thought from the little he 'd said up until then that my half-brother was dead , or ill , or that something had happened to him , but I knew then it was something Eric had done , and there was only one thing he could have done which would make my father look worried . |
| 6 | I was wearing the King 's ring , but I took off my Rassendyll family ring and gave it to her . |
| 7 | Now in those days you never got an album deal from a record company unless you had a hit single , but I made up my mind that the sort of stuff he had would make a very good album , so I went to Decca with that view in mind , trying to get an album deal , and did get a deal for him . |
| 8 | It was a great disappointment but I made up my mind there and then that it would be different next term . |
| 9 | But I made up my mind not to move until the battle was over . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ You miss it coming up to the time , but I made up my mind some time ago to call it quits . |
| 11 | I pulled the life-jacket inflation toggle and was very thankful to hear it and feel it inflating — but I realised immediately my suit zip was n't fully up , freezing water was seeping into it ’ . |
| 12 | But , I mean , she 's been down there and must be gone now something has , but I said surely she would have heard from the police if it 'd been |
| 13 | But I said well your best thing to do Pam I said is forget it . |
| 14 | Me mother was n't very pleased with me going to work there but I said well it 's a start so I stopped |
| 15 | But I said well he said , oh well you ca n't play games on it ! |
| 16 | Somebody wanted to buy it as a non-worker but I said well I said we 'd ordered a part for it so |
| 17 | Well I sha n't go , said this morning do you wan na go to town today but I said well I 've got ta go tomorrow |
| 18 | The door was locked but I got out my key and let myself in . |
| 19 | But I thought well they were made originally for Marks were n't they ? |
| 20 | But I thought well he 's trying to get over a dog . |
| 21 | And so he asked this girl Jane and , and then he asked me and erm and er had I sat down and thought about it I could have said well er what I thought , you know , the correct way er but I thought well there 's correct and there 's correct and I think the right way is to write to it and to say yes thanks |
| 22 | As I same I 'm I 'm You know , to be a bother like , but I thought well I 'd be best to come up and see you I could have just have asked for an another prescription . |
| 23 | I said we 'd better go home and check and so we drove down to and as I got there , so the bus comes up , so it looked pretty but I thought well I 'd better check so I followed it back up and nobody got off it and |
| 24 | Yeah , so er , he would n't of know you see , cos I only found out today , I would n't of , I have n't had a chance to tell him that I was coming here , but I thought well I 'd call on me way home and see how you are |
| 25 | So went out and I was feeling really tired but I thought well I just been getting up very early in the mornings so |
| 26 | But I thought well I 'll get on with it , what , when they get up . |
| 27 | What happen was we was standing this jeweller 's , well really we 'd been there , she half the stuff for me and er other people and that , but erm , were standing there for ages , and she come , I 'm , I 'm sort of standing there like this up against the counter waiting to be served , suppose to be coming back right , stood right on the foot , it hurt , but I thought ok it 's a busy shop he wo n't so I 'd turned around , sort of he was there , so I sort of went to him like that and he was looked at me and fucking looked back , so I said are you gon na apologise then , getting right fucking pissed off cos I about three o'clock that day , hang over and being dragged up and down the town all fucking day ai n't my idea of fun you know , ri right in a bad mood anyway , and he said no in a real fucking why do n't you try and make me sort of attitude , so I 'm just about to fucking say something to me , like , how out the shop and everything , and she said what 's the fuck , what 's the matter with you then ? |
| 28 | I listen to it quite often ( not this week though ) but I thought maybe someone could get on ( after we beat Blackburn ! ! ! ) and go National about the net ( especially if the piece comes out in square ball ) . |
| 29 | ‘ But I thought overall we deserved it . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ But I thought overall we deserved it . ’ |