Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] but [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | oh yes he said I 've worked it out those extra hours I 've paid you for them but I thought you actually worked for them for nothing and I 've just given you a bonus |
| 2 | I unlocked the passenger door of the Transit for them but I thought it best not to open it for them or offer them a hand up and in . |
| 3 | They might n't have a pound between them but he knew it would be paid . |
| 4 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 5 | I dare say it 's silly of me but I thought we 'd wait till the coast was clear , so to speak , ’ she ended , smiling at her own accidental pun . |
| 6 | She said she was gon na get hold of them but she said she 's got ta |
| 7 | I meant to be fond of her but I found her tiring . |
| 8 | She went to rush past him but he caught her bare arms and swung her round , grasping her shoulders to hold her still . |
| 9 | I should of put the kettle on for you but I thought you were busy with old father time here so I did n't er |
| 10 | I had desperately wanted to rush outside and leave the whole wretched affair behind me but something told me I had to stay and face the music . |
| 11 | Not just that he 's home with me but we had our courting days and you and Sarah missed even those . |
| 12 | I said that 's none of my business , nothing to do with me but I said I should think it 's a tragic waste for you and I say , it wastes your money but that 's entirely down to you . |
| 13 | Well I said I 'll go with you but he did he eventually go ? |
| 14 | I wanted to go with her but she said she had a lot to sort out with Fernando and would rather be on her own . ’ |
| 15 | They would celebrate with him but he knew they would be envious . |
| 16 | He had the audacity to smile and Ruth squirmed frantically under him but he stilled her thrashing body with the weight of his own . |
| 17 | I do n't know how she put up with it but she said she felt obligated . |
| 18 | We took our front door keys with us but we threw them away some years ago . |
| 19 | This was a side of her nature that she 'd kept hidden from me but it made me realise my feelings were justified . |
| 20 | It still ran away from him but he grabbed it again at the second attempt before it went over the line and the chance had gone . |
| 21 | I even thought of trying to grab it from her but she put it away in the drawer where she kept it and stood in front of it . |
| 22 | She put her arm round him but he pushed her away . |
| 23 | He put the gun sideways in his mouth to give him two free hands and I thought about trying to grab it off him but I thought I 'd probably kill one of us and even if I did n't I was no match for him and he 'd just take it off me again . |
| 24 | I do n't know how it would appeal to you but we thought it was funny . |
| 25 | He wanted to speak to you but I said you had a string of interviews , so he coughed up to me , nae bother . |
| 26 | I still had no thought — for obvious reasons — of making any move on her but I felt it would be enough if she was n't repelled by me . |
| 27 | She stopped next to him but he ignored her and kept on walking . |
| 28 | She reached out to him but he drew his hand away and sat back , distancing himself from her . |
| 29 | It was soul-destroying to him but it gave him money for his wife and child . |
| 30 | ‘ I shouted to her but she ignored me . |