Example sentences of "[pers pn] but it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a side of her nature that she 'd kept hidden from me but it made me realise my feelings were justified . |
| 2 | They could see their pals being shot down in front of them but it made no difference . |
| 3 | He , he was a real friendly guy and like I say he never said cheerio before he went , but one day he just painted his aircraft up with the D-day landing signs which we did n't know at the time and the next day he was gone of course it was very much top secret that was but the town just emptied of all Americans it was like a ghost town after them but it had been previously . |
| 4 | it sort of er er gave them lee a , ladies leeway who wanted to work after they were married , some married and then could they come back well they could n't keep me on and not let them work you see , so oh yes it was mostly married women , there were a lot of married women there when I left , but erm it sort of set a precedent I suppose for , for them but it did , it did them some good really . |
| 5 | Surprisingly little drink was enough to intoxicate him but it seemed as if the wine released the power in him . |
| 6 | He had taken a bottle of cough mixture with him but it had n't helped much . |
| 7 | It was soul-destroying to him but it gave him money for his wife and child . |
| 8 | Jezrael hugged him tighter as if to hold the life in him but it trickled out around her . |
| 9 | She may have told him but it did not stop the questions . |
| 10 | I 'm sure he would n't have liked the way we communally beheaded him but it did the job . |
| 11 | ‘ I saw him but it did n't get me very far ; he 's one of the old and crusted . |
| 12 | In the heat of the moment he had wanted her but it had meant nothing after all . |
| 13 | Perhaps it was only that the hot climb had tired her but it seemed more than that . |
| 14 | It was not appropriate for the son to care for her but it became too much for the daughter-in-law , who was admitted to psychiatric hospital with a nervous breakdown , and the problems were referred to the local area social service office . |
| 15 | He then picked up a stool and brought it down towards her but it smashed a ceiling light . |
| 16 | The question did not appear to surprise her but it did surprise him , as did the very fact that they were walking so companionably together . |
| 17 | Its crassness repelled her but it slid inside her because she recognized it as her name and suddenly there was a dark pit , a chasm , a void , and the gravity of being dragged her down into the dark heart of weight . |
| 18 | Surprisingly , it did not feel too cold and Endill stood for a moment trying to see the end of it but it disappeared into darkness . |
| 19 | I 'd seen it but it had n't sunk in . |
| 20 | So I asked for help ; I did n't like doing it but it seemed necessary . |
| 21 | He dived underneath it but it came down , almost crushing him . |
| 22 | With an effort of will he tried to stop it but it carried on trembling . |
| 23 | The the scheduler , Pauline I ca n't make her out , she seems to be fairly u straight , organized but it had got to the situation where I mean I did n't like it but it happened , we were supplying six months of product and then was supplying six months . |
| 24 | When receiving a ball from Clarke , he missed it but it caught the straps and was taken by the ‘ keeper . ’ |
| 25 | My hair is really short so I do n't actually have to style it but it did feel better and I would use this conditioner again . ’ |
| 26 | They did bring out Times Small Ads and I did try and do a Bible in it but it did n't work . |
| 27 | Slime and fungus streaked it but it remained recognisably , unmistakably , Queen Victoria in young middle-age . |
| 28 | Er , summat had ran into back of bus , I do n't know what it 'd done to , whatever behind us but it did n't hurt bus . |