Example sentences of "but [pers pn] did it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not at all my idea of pleasure , but I did it for Dana 's sake . |
| 2 | ‘ But I did it without fore-intending it , and I hope God and the world will forgive me . ’ |
| 3 | Sometimes being born with every apparent advantage in life spawns the deepest need to create something just by oneself , to say : ‘ This was n't handed to me on a plate , but I did it just the same ! ’ |
| 4 | I felt nervous of challenging a man as important as Crowninshield with the truth , but I did it anyway . |
| 5 | I know I should n't have gone near the sea , but I did it as a protest . |
| 6 | I never did like drag shows and I did n't want to spend the evening in the pub but I did it just to be with gay people . |
| 7 | But I did it with a heavy heart , I can tell you . |
| 8 | My girlfriend at the time was the daughter of an exterior decorator , and I hated exterior decorating — I mean , even at home just helping out — I hated it , but I did it because it was something to do . |
| 9 | He said it 's my fault ; but I did it for the best . ’ |
| 10 | But I did it . ’ |
| 11 | But I did it through the love , fo , that I had for the couple , and that because they had waited sixteen year before they eventually found out they could n't have children ! |
| 12 | Er but I did it at a scale like erm one centimetre for o for every hour it 's blowing in that direction . |
| 13 | I did it , I hit her with the iron chain your convict left on the marshes , but I did it because I hated you ! ’ |
| 14 | But I did it deliberately because the |
| 15 | ‘ But I did it years ago , ’ said Scarlet , beginning to feel faintly hysterical . |
| 16 | ‘ It would have taken forty-five minutes by bus , but I did it in a quarter of an hour by bike , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I 'm sorry about that but I did it while was out . |
| 18 | It was my own fault , I suppose , for not telling you the whole truth , but I did it for your sake , because I loved you so much ! ’ |
| 19 | later years , say well okay I , I have n't got a fantastic voice but I did it and that was the bravest thing I did cos I know I have n't |
| 20 | Ah yes , but I did it like , like that though . |
| 21 | Yes , but I did it for him fo , I I 've already done it for him once , I picked up exactly what he wanted , I delivered it to him and now he 's changed his mind and but I 'm not in the business to supply things , I 'm not a supp shop ! |
| 22 | I , but you did it for |
| 23 | It was the long way round , but she did it every day . |
| 24 | It was n't much fun , but we did it , and that was the main thing . |
| 25 | Mark adds : ‘ It was a big step for us to sing live , but we did it . |
| 26 | ‘ A lot of people said it could n't be done , but we did it . ’ |
| 27 | But we did it . |
| 28 | But we did it … though I would n't want to do it again . ’ |
| 29 | We 've never got credit for it , but we did it . |
| 30 | a customer comes in and he was my wife I did n't have er beard then I was clean-shaven , because after coming to this country when I could n't get a job , I thought that this might be a bar so , which was n't right , but we did it . |