Example sentences of "but i [vb past] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know , dear — there is a farm next door to us back on the dear old homestead and Daddy does usually describe himself as a farmer — but I meant that we capitalist parasites would be taking the place of the oxen , not the horny-handed salt-of-the-earth types cracking the whip over them . ’ |
| 2 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 3 | But I knew that nothing would ever discourage him ; he 'd never give up wanting to be a director , and he 'd never be any good . |
| 4 | I could not remember what she was saying , nor even if I had understood her , but I knew that what she was saying must be , in some sense , significant . |
| 5 | But I knew that it was time to leave , and we said goodbye to them on New Year 's Eve . |
| 6 | But I knew that it was no massive dental operation in progress but that the sluice itself was blocked by leaves , that the water going into the pipe which fed the turbine was at a minimum and that if I did n't get up and deal with the problem the turbine would shut down and the melin would be pretty cold in the morning . |
| 7 | Soon I , too , was very distressed , but I knew that it was going to be dead within a few hours , and I was helpless . |
| 8 | But I knew that it would be difficult to persuade Jimbo that he had to work at the exercises : yet if the treatment were to succeed , it had to be him — Jimbo himself — who , in the end , would reopen the pathway of nerves between brain and muscle . |
| 9 | It 's been a lot of hard work but I knew that it would be when I first came on to the Tour . |
| 10 | I was very tired but I knew that I must look out for a trap . |
| 11 | The adrenalin was pumping but I knew that I could control it , knew that it was necessary to a good performance . |
| 12 | I left the hospital with Drew 's warning eating away at my subconscious , but I knew that I must keep faith with Toby and talk to Froggy 's sister . |
| 13 | But I knew that he would n't use the knife until the ship was safely on the beach . |
| 14 | He never said anything , but I knew that he knew , because he was nicer to me than he had ever been before . |
| 15 | To have asked him to be a godfather had crossed my mind ; but I knew that he already held this office in plurality . |
| 16 | But I knew that you wanted me to talk to you whether you wanted me to or not ! |
| 17 | I did n't have the faintest idea how this girl could help me but I knew that she was going to try . |
| 18 | But I knew that my island was somewhere off the coast of South America . |
| 19 | I appreciated the very great honour of being asked — Coronation opera and all that — but I knew that my voice had been punished mercilessly during the war and I had , indeed , decided to retire from the opera stage . |
| 20 | ‘ He was a prisoner in his own body , ’ Wyn said , ‘ but I knew that there was a man in there trying to battle his way out , ’ said Wyn . |
| 21 | But I knew that there must really be some mystery about the previous year , some deliberate and inexplicable suppression on Mitford 's part . |
| 22 | But I knew that there were half a dozen eyes watching down their machine-guns . |
| 23 | They were perfectly civil but I sensed that my private engagements had a pretty low priority . |
| 24 | I did not ask him why , but I sensed that it was because he knew the culprit . |
| 25 | ‘ A lot of love came over , but I sensed that he was restless , and anxious too . |
| 26 | But I gathered that it was because of some kind of political dissent , his being a member of an unauthorized group that had held secret meetings . |
| 27 | He was speaking very casually , but I saw that his right hand , like mine , was shaking . |
| 28 | As predicted , he was holding a bottle , but I saw that it was almost if not quite full . |
| 29 | ‘ But I realised that I had spoken too soon , ’ he continued . |
| 30 | I made it clear that I wanted our discussion that morning to focus on business matters , but I realised that she had a need to talk to someone , preferably someone discreet . |