Example sentences of "but [conj] i [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if I had to decide I would say my favourite would be ( favourite country ) would be Canada because I have lived there the longest out of all places and so I know it better than any other country . |
| 2 | Yeah but if I had to eat I 'd take them out , then I 'd put them back on |
| 3 | Mick added : ‘ I was pretty proud , but if I 'd cooked it , I 'd have been eating pumpkin pie all year . ’ |
| 4 | But if I 'd defected I 'd have got even more — $500 . |
| 5 | He 'd say , " Leave it , it does n't matter , " but if I 'd left it the place would be a pigsty . |
| 6 | Admittedly I 'd have suffered the penalty for mutual defection , but if I 'd cooperated I 'd have got the Sucker 's payoff which is even worse . |
| 7 | I ran the tape back , wanting to listen again to some of Surkov 's improvisation ; but when I pressed to start it there was only a crackling silence . |
| 8 | But when I rung to take it , for them to take it back they had a special offer on and it was twelve weeks for forty pu , pa , you know , were doing it cheap |
| 9 | At first I thought it was a handkerchief , but when I stooped to pick it up I saw it was a cream-coloured glove ; and of all gloves , an elbow-length woman 's glove . |
| 10 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 11 | We tend to think of these beautiful insects as being very brightly coloured but when I began experimenting I was unable to get convincing results . |
| 12 | It obviously took a while to find my feet with the group but when I had done I really started to enjoy myself . |
| 13 | Everyone was amazed when my father left , but when I came to consider it I had been relieved . |
| 14 | This time I left them alone , and stayed in the kitchen with little Hareton , but when I came to warn them that Hindley had returned , I realized that their quarrel had only brought them closer together . |
| 15 | I washed my hands and tried to make my peace with her , but when I went to stroke her she hissed at me . |
| 16 | I wanted the hotel to clean them , but when I went to get them this morning , one had gone . |
| 17 | But when I started to play I could n't believe how easy it was . |