Example sentences of "but i [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no good the person who gave the order later complaining ‘ But I meant you to do so-and-so ’ . |
| 2 | What about that , but I meant she got ta think about , she 'll want children of own and then she 'll have chi |
| 3 | But I meant it . |
| 4 | I realised Michael could save me maybe five years of work , but I figured I 'd rather go slow and steady than to go fast and have it all fall apart . |
| 5 | But I knew they were living in the past , knew too that there was no way that Allan Wells was going to beat me . |
| 6 | Mostly I hate chimneys , but I knew they 'd rest my finger tendons and Sue Grimley needed a partner from Milenecka . |
| 7 | But I knew they came from my convict , and I felt that having criminal friends made me more common than ever . |
| 8 | When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting . |
| 9 | ‘ Yeah , but I knew we 'd win . |
| 10 | So we lost , but I knew we would . |
| 11 | ‘ Ah , but I knew we had a first-class lifeguard on board . ’ |
| 12 | I knew — it sounds corny — but I knew we were meant to be , that we were simpático . ’ |
| 13 | He thought : I knew this man , not well but I knew him . |
| 14 | He blustered and turned scarlet as if caught out in a crime , and tried to bluff it out , but I knew him too well . |
| 15 | He was born in France , but I knew him in Persia . |
| 16 | This was best summed up by Everett , the market gardener : ‘ She were never a gel , but I knew her as a young woman and she were old then . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ He is not the most robust horse but I knew he was in good shape . |
| 18 | He was a bit suspicious I must admit when I bought him those Janet Reger nighties but I knew he 'd never get the chance to wear them . |
| 19 | If I wrote , his answer might well be on a postcard , but I knew he understood and cared . ’ |
| 20 | But I knew he was having a sleep . |
| 21 | But I knew he might not take this view — it is only hindsight that makes you take it , and he was not old enough for hindsight . |
| 22 | ‘ He went very quiet but I knew he was upset . |
| 23 | But I knew he would . |
| 24 | He did not recognize me but I knew he was the gentleman I had met on the stairs when visiting Miss Havisham . |
| 25 | There was a little silence , but I knew he was pent up . |
| 26 | But I knew he was challenging me . |
| 27 | He fell sideways , but I knew he was n't knocked out , he still kept hold of me , I suddenly felt I had to kill him or he would kill me . |
| 28 | But I knew he would not . |
| 29 | The peer was silent but I knew he was following my progress intently because every now and then I had to brush aches from the surface of the uterus . |
| 30 | The police said he killed himself , but I knew he was afraid to die , so I did n't think that was true . ’ |