Example sentences of "but [pron] gave i [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing gave me the right to say it now . |
| 2 | I intended to ask the Baronessa Dulcibene why she had come to pay her last respects to this mysterious Englishman but she gave me a glassy look of non-recognition and moved rapidly away with her companion . |
| 3 | He waved to me , but she gave me a menacing glare . |
| 4 | But he gave me a hard time . |
| 5 | The man was perfectly cool , but he gave me a very evil look , which made me feel sick in my stomach . |
| 6 | But he gave me a good smile and a big goodbye when I left him so . |
| 7 | ‘ But he gave me the car … . ’ |
| 8 | I do n't quite know why , but he gave me the impression , without uttering more than a few words , that he had much more than superficial knowledge , and an amusing touch of the sardonic as well . |
| 9 | When he and his brothers left this world , I could not go with him , but he gave me the gift of never growing old . |
| 10 | It all began when I won New Faces , but it gave me a very big head . |
| 11 | I ducked so fast I was n't sure whether he 'd seen me or not , but it gave me a prickly feeling just to imagine it , so I scuttled for the door and legged it up the spiral stairway three steps at a time , just in case . |
| 12 | I knew there was nothing wrong with her lungs — the trouble seemed to be in the throat area — but it gave me a little more time to think . |
| 13 | It was dead right but it gave me a tough act to follow and only Joyce 's famous ‘ George , do n't do that ’ would fit the bill . |
| 14 | ‘ It was a strange situation , but it gave me a unique opportunity to work alongside the workforce under difficult conditions . |
| 15 | I simply watched an American T V news item , but it gave me a frightening vision of what the future could hold in store for us , unless we fight the Tory policies with all our might we can muster . |
| 16 | We never sold anything of course but it gave me a sort of status plus it was a very interesting time to be around the art world . |
| 17 | My father said the 17-horse power would use too much petrol , but it gave me a year 's pleasure before I swopped it for an A30 van . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't explain , but it gave me the most terrible feeling . |
| 19 | Quite unwittingly you played right into my hands that night , Aurora — I knew you had n't been taking drugs , but it gave me the perfect excuse for sticking around . |
| 20 | ‘ You came to in the middle of it , unfortunately for you , but it gave me the opportunity to make a superficial examination . ’ |