Example sentences of "but i [adv] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I slowly became aware that they were all looking at me — just the time that sergia became aware of the direction of my gaze . |
| 2 | I wanted to destroy it … but I also felt sorry for it . |
| 3 | I used to look at her and admire her but I also felt sorry for her because she was always confined to the flat . |
| 4 | I found that really awkward at first , but I just got used to it and grew to love Les Pauls and just stuck with them from then on . ’ |
| 5 | But I just got one thing that I want , that they gon na send me owt dodgy like a loan shark bloke or owt like that , I mean you , you 're bound to be a bit nervous , you know . |
| 6 | I could have kept on and on , but I just got tired of the crowds , the people getting in the way all the time . |
| 7 | I use the TC Electronics 2290 for chorus and delay and I 've been using a PCM 70 for reverb , but I just got this new reverb from Real Tube . ’ |
| 8 | Yes it as I say it 's nothing grand but I just enjoyed this man 's conversation , he was so good . |
| 9 | I 'm sorry , but I just heard some good news . ’ |
| 10 | But I just felt that 's it . |
| 11 | I was enjoying it , but I just decided this was not for me |
| 12 | I just fancied I know , but I just fancied some custard |
| 13 | ‘ I wanted him to chase me , not literally , though I would have been madly impressed if he 'd charged up Piccadilly on a white stallion , but I just wanted some firmer confirmation that he loved me . |
| 14 | ‘ But I probably saw several men like that in all this trainload . |
| 15 | In the beginning they offered me aversion therapy but I furiously refused that . |
| 16 | Brushing my hair set my teeth on edge but I finally got most of it laying down , and at least you could n't see my new bumps from the front . |
| 17 | In the course of a long interview in his apartment , I found myself quite charmed by his lack of pretension , inarticulate babble sprinkled with the occasionally brilliant observation and odd habit of quoting himself , but I nevertheless remained convinced that Koons ' self-effacing earnestness was a scam . |
| 18 | ‘ If I 'd known then what I learned since I would not have lost the job or my place but I simply had some growing up to do . |
| 19 | At grammar school , of course , I had played rugby but I simply loved all sports . |
| 20 | But I practically filled that this morning . |
| 21 | But I soon felt calmer when he came to meet me and kissed me . |
| 22 | But I soon grew bored . |
| 23 | I was very nervous when I first went ; but I soon got used to it . |
| 24 | I absolutely hated having to wear a skirt but I soon got used to it . |
| 25 | When I was in prison I was n't hard to start with , but I soon got that way . |
| 26 | It looked very different to a nautical chart and made little sense to me , but I gradually deciphered some of the meaning from its weird markings . |
| 27 | yeah , these might tell you but I always heard that salt was damp ! |
| 28 | I just did that one but I always got stuck on erm the dentist one . |
| 29 | ‘ I had the hit record , the duet with Sarah , but I actually did all the songs with the orchestra , pretty well the whole Phantom role . |
| 30 | I was glad for them , but I only felt exhausted . |