Example sentences of "but [conj] i [verb] [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that I think they were |
| 2 | But once I think we were , we were going in a mad rush er , each saw his responsibilities for that word , and that 'll do , and then we 'd say yes , and stuck it here . |
| 3 | But although I said I was reasonably Spartan , this bare Nissen hut and my little windy bivouac pall a bit at times . |
| 4 | but if I thought we were coming back , I 'd get myself a little car . |
| 5 | ‘ It all depends on our fitness problems , but if I said it was unlikely Ferguson would get the call it could end up sounding like famous last words , ’ said Roxburgh . |
| 6 | But when I said I was doing it in Scotland , people just shivered . |
| 7 | An O S one to fifty thousand and that 's what I thought I 'd picked up this morning to take with me but when I looked it was Chester and Wrexham so it did n't do me much good . |
| 8 | But when I started it was fifty-two and a half hours a week yes . |
| 9 | over a number of years I was subjected to domestic violence , erm , the last time I left I did n't report it right away , morally it was my son , I did n't want to drag him through the court , but when I did I was told no , your too late , you will just be seen as a woman scorned , your trying to get revenge , and that 's it , no , I 'm not taking a statement . |
| 10 | I did in fact attempt to return your telephone call , but when I rang you were out , and our current panic ( we 're in the throes of mounting our summer exhibition ) prevented me from getting back to you before your letter reached me . |
| 11 | But when I awoke I was sane . |
| 12 | I had all these thoughts in my head but when I spoke it was just noise , just high-pitched noises came out . |
| 13 | I heard his name mentioned once … but as I said there was no coverage really . |
| 14 | it was a long time ago but as I recall they were n't too bad , to even , if you 'd have stuck at it , you 'd have got better , it 's the same with every job you get better at |
| 15 | This family is not a totally foreign family but as I say there were elements of interference that made the task of the County particularly onerous in this case . |
| 16 | the people that went before have to sort of do it , but as I say he was n't er , er |
| 17 | But as I say he was the most conscientious removal man and after two years when he came in he was so upset . |
| 18 | It was something like ‘ Jonnson ’ but as I say I was only half interested until he started mentioning how much he loved Leeds . |
| 19 | But as i say it was like that for two or three years . |
| 20 | That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was |