Example sentences of "but i [vb past] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I thought of it at one ti me , but I knew I 'd make a mess of it . ’ |
| 3 | They all seemed pleased , as if I belonged ; but I knew I would leave them again before summer , would walk out of the brightly lit play , and go back to the shadows and solitude of fiction . |
| 4 | ‘ I was champing at the bit , but I knew I needed a break , ’ he says . |
| 5 | I did not really have the heart for such things , but I knew I should be interrogated on my return , and I was aware that she was merely trying hard to push me into normal post-war life . |
| 6 | But I knew I would be leaving Hawaii in January . |
| 7 | However , I did not find the professional ambience all that conducive , but I knew I had to do something with my voice . |
| 8 | As a concession to the New Wave I wore a black shirt , black jeans , white socks and black suede shoes , but I knew I had uninteresting hair . |
| 9 | But I knew I had something to offer and that 's why I wanted to come back and be a manager again . |
| 10 | I was obsessed with the way they looked , but I knew I was n't being told the whole story about them . ’ |
| 11 | We also had Robert Mitchum and Richard Widmark in the cast , but I knew I 'd have no problems with them . |
| 12 | But I knew I had to look , so slowly I peeped round the door . |
| 13 | ‘ I had no previous experience of minefields , but I knew I had to do something , ’ Dennis said at RAF Stafford . |
| 14 | ‘ It was second nature to look at the linesman but I knew I was on . ’ |
| 15 | But I knew I could trust you , and that at least you would believe me . |
| 16 | ‘ Everyone was watching me but I knew I did n't need to go fast . |
| 17 | But I knew I was stalled personally and that eventually my career would stall . ’ |
| 18 | But I knew I must try to feed if I was to survive . |
| 19 | But I knew I must be careful , careful . |
| 20 | ’ My friend looked at me and said , ‘ Do n't be so bloody stupid ’ , but I knew I was right . |
| 21 | I did n't know what an epidural was , but I knew I would n't have any pain so it was okay by me . |
| 22 | But I knew I had become involved in something too uniquely bizarre to miss , or to spoil , through lack of patience or humour . |
| 23 | But I knew I was going to East Kilbride I thought , This is stupid , it 's only gon na make it worse . |
| 24 | ‘ The bone was sticking out of my arm but I knew I had to carry on . |
| 25 | I wanted so much to go into the house and be with them , but I knew I must stay in the hut . |
| 26 | I could n't put a name on her treatment of me , no word existed for what she was trying to do , but I knew I was being manipulated under the guise of deference and consideration . |
| 27 | But I knew I could manage to stagger to my feet and find fresh kindling . |
| 28 | ’ But I knew I had to get rid of that Jackson' . |
| 29 | I had got my back almost round to the steps by this time but I knew I 'd never get my parka open and the front door key out unless I had an edge . |
| 30 | ‘ It was tough at the start but I knew I had to hang on to my serve at all costs , ’ she said afterwards . |