Example sentences of "but i [vb past] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ But I came to realise that it 's all very well gambolling about the countryside feeling at one with nature , but people do n't change completely . |
| 32 | ‘ But I came to hear about my future , not Mr Rochester 's ! ’ |
| 33 | But I came to feel it would be a step backwards for me to abort the pregnancy , that it would n't be moving my life forward . |
| 34 | Now artistic I ai nt , but I went to choose paint |
| 35 | I was n't in I was n't in in that song but I went to watch the play |
| 36 | I went er , in to check whether these were available last week , just to make sure they were available and , they we , they had been reserved last term but I went to check and , I found so much difficulty finding my way around |
| 37 | Psycho-shock , having you regain consciousness piled under corpses , do n't succumb ; but I continued to shiver . |
| 38 | The atmosphere was not exactly lively but I continued to have lunch there for a long time because she was extremely kind and the food was good . |
| 39 | I said I fully realised the job had to be done but I wished to protest against the shabby trick ‘ Ark Royal ’ had played on us . |
| 40 | I managed to drive out of the hospital but I had to stop the car and was violently sick . |
| 41 | But I had to stop . |
| 42 | I was in a rush as usual but I had to stop . |
| 43 | But I had to live my own life . |
| 44 | I usually stay later , but I had to dress for the dinner party . |
| 45 | My billetors were kind , but I had to spend considerable time in their sitting-room , and I felt this was an invasion of privacy for both of us . |
| 46 | I was delighted , not to mention shocked , but I had to turn them down because I am definitely not a portrait photographer . |
| 47 | He was , I know but I had to turn . |
| 48 | I used to follow a bit but I had to give it up . |
| 49 | ‘ I certainly have n't invited him , but I had to give Slender Billy a score of tickets , so who knows who he might bring ? ’ |
| 50 | I 'd been working in a factory , but I had to give that up because I could n't afford a nursery . |
| 51 | You were never entirely safe from prying fingers in Chinatown , but I had to give it my best shot . |
| 52 | But I had to pop up there and move back all the bits and bobs and the debris and everything . |
| 53 | " I 'm sorry to have kept you waiting , but I had to finish with the man I had with me . |
| 54 | But I had to do my own asking round before I found a place to visit . |
| 55 | But I had to do it . |
| 56 | I had help lugging the heavy cases from Jim Wilson 's truck , but I had to do my share ; and even thinking of where to put things was exhausting . |
| 57 | I did n't know what I was going to do , but I had to do something . |
| 58 | But I had to do it . |
| 59 | It would be risky , so soon after Paul 's death , but I had to do something to even up the balance . |
| 60 | How susceptible my brother would be to whatever vibes I could send out was a question I did n't like too much to think about , given the state of his head , but I had to do something . |