Example sentences of "but [conj] i did " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said that did I share his belief I should not contemplate what I do , but that I did not share it . |
| 2 | I said that , did I share his belief , I should not contemplate what I do , but that I did not share it . |
| 3 | To say I did n't have time would not be true , but that I did n't really want to make time . |
| 4 | As to liking , I always had the feeling — I ca n't quite express it — the feeling that in his eyes I was all right — useful in fact , but that I did n't matter in myself . |
| 5 | ‘ I carry no religion , ’ he told her , ‘ but if I did it would be the ancient Jewish religion of my ancestors ’ . |
| 6 | Perhaps they wish to share their grief , but if I did not know Uncle Ted , then it becomes less easy to sympathise . |
| 7 | ‘ But if I did n't say it , well … |
| 8 | But if I did n't know where I was , what did I mean by the word ? |
| 9 | The only way I can think of getting out is to take my life , but if I did , I 'd have to take my little girls with me . |
| 10 | But if I did n't know I could count on you , I suppose you would n't be here . " |
| 11 | But if I did n't work , what would I do ? |
| 12 | But if I did n't , and father did … |
| 13 | If I wanted to squander the money in six months or a year , I could do that too , but if I did he would haunt me . ’ |
| 14 | if , if I was really stuck and I had the , the tools , which , I would n't have you see , but if I did have the tools there , then yeah I would be able to do it cos I 've seen Martin doing it quite a few times , so |
| 15 | no , so we did n't have an invite I know , I mean normally I 'm taken every year you know , there , to see the old time musical which is great and I look forward to that but cos I did n't get , get there and I love going to Leah Manning as I say we have dancing there on a Wednesday afternoon it 's great , I enjoy it ever so much and I meet all my friends there that I have n't seen for years , you know , that I used to go to clubs with and they 've all arrived there now you know it 's great to see them , I thoroughly enjoy it . |
| 16 | I 'd have had that if I know what I 'd had now , but cos I did n't know what it was . |
| 17 | Well he bloody said but but I did n't know him ! |
| 18 | Of course , if I had obeyed the rule strictly , I would n't have had any problems , but because I did n't want to knit the next row I thought I could move both cams . |
| 19 | Always , though , whether immediately or eventually , she would acquiesce , and I resented her acquiescence , not only because of its consequences for myself , but because I did n't understand why she , an adult , would not or could not stand up to him . |
| 20 | But because I did n't tell my mother I was coming here , I could n't get my British passport . |
| 21 | I wanted no children of my own , not because I disliked them , although I did — my step-sister and brother were the only small children I had experience of and they aroused no feelings in me but exasperation and distaste — but because I did n't want to be a mother with the weight of life and death on me . |
| 22 | But , instead of that digress a little but because I did n't think you 'd like the dog roses . |
| 23 | But before I did , I talked to some of your boys . |
| 24 | But when I did so , the words I uttered for the record were that I could not accept that the proper constitutional practices , as I understood them , were being observed . |
| 25 | But when I did find out I was profoundly relieved to know that all these troubling fantasies which had been playing twice nightly in my head were , in fact , shared by others . |
| 26 | over a number of years I was subjected to domestic violence , erm , the last time I left I did n't report it right away , morally it was my son , I did n't want to drag him through the court , but when I did I was told no , your too late , you will just be seen as a woman scorned , your trying to get revenge , and that 's it , no , I 'm not taking a statement . |
| 27 | Well erm eight hundred but when I did it wrote it into normal terms like six point sixty four with one two three four noughts |
| 28 | I could n't tell you how , but it I , cos you 'd , I do n't want nothing , but when I did , I 'd got ta use my ingenuity to get something that I could get one or two or a dozen or ten off , you know what I mean , and I got ta make it and a lot of times I made it out of wood which was easily er you know treated . |
| 29 | I found it very difficult to get past the first fleet but when I did the game became more enjoyable especially as the 256 colour graphics match most games out today . |
| 30 | I do n't think I really expected to see it , but when I did it amused me to follow you , and when you stopped in Wexford it was idle curiosity that prompted my behaviour , nothing else . ’ |