Example sentences of "[vb past] but [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tremayne 's eyebrows rose but he made no objection . |
| 2 | She helped but she did n't tell me what to do all the time . |
| 3 | Belinda grumbled but she followed Rachel and they joined the others . |
| 4 | I shouted but you did n't hear , so I had to chase you . ’ |
| 5 | I stopped but he did n't and I wheezed after him . |
| 6 | Mair sometimes grudged the work and time it involved but he knew its importance . |
| 7 | He folded the paper away as we approached but he did n't stand up . |
| 8 | His lashes flickered but he continued to probe . |
| 9 | I tried but she sensed my revulsion . |
| 10 | Lisabeth fumed but I went on . |
| 11 | He was not rewarded with the birdie four he deserved but it did not matter . |
| 12 | Nothing much to add except that Redfern scored but it did n't really matter . |
| 13 | Frank tensed but I lifted a finger slightly to shut him up . |
| 14 | They tell me they told but I do n't feel any effects from it at all . |
| 15 | I meowed but he ignored me . |
| 16 | In the unchanging landscape we drove but we did n't get anywhere . |
| 17 | Bunny kept talking as he drove but I had no idea what he was saying . |
| 18 | So when we went to Stylus Records and Telstar you know they were more than than happy to have because they seemed but I think that at at the start had we been looking for somebody here to take us over probably it would never have happened . |
| 19 | Constanza does n't know in which order the other two came but she knows now that she was first . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Melanie 's hands tingled but they went on clapping . |
| 22 | Miss Harrison 's adopted father Godfrey Hutchinson said : ‘ We still do n't know exactly how it happened but we know her boyfriend leapt after her to try to help . |
| 23 | None of us saw what happened but we heard about it secondhand from an Irish Corporal called Ryan . |
| 24 | We do n't know yet exactly what happened but we believe it was a heart attack . |
| 25 | Your mother could explain what happened but I have not seen her since she dialled 999 and packed her suitcase . |
| 26 | I felt sure that I went there but I do n't think , I do n't know what happened but I do n't think they were ever so successful really . |
| 27 | We 'll never know what really happened but I think the KGB got what they wanted — the English couple and their car . |
| 28 | I do n't know what happened but I think . |
| 29 | We hid but it made no difference , they still found us . |
| 30 | ‘ One of the boys was still visible when we arrived but he disappeared beneath the surface . ’ |