Example sentences of "but [subord] i get " in BNC.

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31 I intended to pick up my car and come over to see you as soon as I 'd talked to Bertelli , but when I got back here Lorenzini had this message from up near the fort .
32 But when I got there , you 'd gone . ’
33 But when I got back to work the people that was in the observation post on the factory , they saw this aircraft , it came down low over the King George 's playing fields and they could see the markings on it and they 'd sounded the alarm but but course the aircraft went straight over .
34 Bu I meet a erm , a different oh , tribe in Saherli but I got married in England with my , though we make , this , I 'd say , this man to be my wife forever , but when I got home , back home in Ingeria you know , we did it in a , a different way .
35 But when I got to the window and looked out , there was nothing there !
36 I was out but when I got back I tried calling but there was no answer .
37 Max and I were delighted with the result , but when I got back to the hotel I was taken violently ill and had to be put to bed .
38 It was true for some people , because if you act soft when you go in , they do pick on you , but when I got there I knew how to act from being in Bullwood Hall and other places .
39 I thought she was a friend but when I got here she had changed .
40 But when I got back to the agency this morning , the place had been cleared out . ’
41 But when I got halfway , I had to get off my bike : the roads had frozen and were like glass .
42 But when I got back I did n't have a chance to tell them anything .
43 But when I got back I had ants in my pants ,
44 Late that night , I though I heard the baby crying , but when I got up to look , he was quietly asleep in hid bed .
45 But when I got back to England there was a picture in one of the papers . ’
46 But when I got home and found my answerphone knee-deep in angry messages I did n't really have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out that you had something to do with it . ’
47 I was going to garden for some active therapy but when I got there I thought better of it .
48 But when I got older , well I was getting the same pay as the regular men then .
49 But when I got there , he 'd already moved on to the Middle East .
50 Oh well they treated me alright afterwards because Mr er said , well you see they put me on big presses during the last war and er I 've always loved machinery , always loved machinery and then the foreman said er before the foreman came to him Mr said er , you 've got to learn to set your own tools , he said , I ca n't keep coming out of the tool room and er to change your tools , so of course erm I began setting my own tools , but when I got them in they would come around and check because otherwise hundreds of pounds have gone , could have gone if I had n't just got the top to go in right in the base you know , and er they were great big presses very big .
51 but when I got the car back on to the road , I mean I 'm a , a complete bag of nerves and I 'm , I 'm not wanting to be walking along the , the edge of the bypass at one o'clock in the morning
52 all them eggs you know , when we went to Alec , when they were selling these trays of eggs , er , we went there with Alec , so I said I 'll have one like , and they were really fresh , but when I got home I got that thing of , from Kwiksave , I got the whole packet , big packet
53 I brought erm , a pair of , a floral pattern leggings from Marks and Spencers on Saturday , but when I got them home , they did nothing for me .
54 started school I thought it was gon na be a bit I thought I would n't like it there but when I got there , I did like it mum .
55 I really feel she said , I hope that we can sort something out , but the next morning of course I was first on the list I had my formal interview , mine was half past nine , but when I got in there Sue , and Steve which was gon na be the head manager and this girl from erm Princess Marina who was gon na be the nurse
56 Oh well we 've been walking when we 've gone into town but I mean just between you and me but when I got home Bev said pop into town I 've got a parcel to post and I said well I ca n't I said because according to Des well nothing happened
57 But when I get there I ca n't find no way out .
58 But when I get to the other side I ca n't get onto the platform cos of this other gate .
59 If for example I am pursuing X in the expectation of enjoying it , but when I get it am disappointed , or seem to enjoy it yet afterwards come to recognize that only habit or a false idea of myself or susceptibility to persuasion made me suppose I was enjoying myself , then I was mistaken in doing Y. Every choice of means , however well argued , proves groundless with the discrediting of the end , yet that I did not have the fun I expected is itself no more than a fact .
60 My mum and dad deny that they make them a brew , but when I get home there 's usually 20 dirty cups outside the door . ’
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