Example sentences of "[vb past] but [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mair sometimes grudged the work and time it involved but he knew its importance . |
| 2 | I tried but she sensed my revulsion . |
| 3 | I meowed but he ignored me . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | We do n't know yet exactly what happened but we believe it was a heart attack . |
| 6 | No I mean I opened but I forgot I had to switch it on . |
| 7 | ‘ I applied but they turned me down . ’ |
| 8 | He told me he applied but I thought he told me he 'd been turned down . |
| 9 | ‘ What … ? ’ she began but he put his finger to his lips in a warning gesture . |
| 10 | She kicked and wriggled but he held her firmly and carried her out on to the bank . |
| 11 | My responsibilities vanished but I think they suspected that if I were sacked there would be a public fuss so they had to proceed by stealth . |
| 12 | And we just chatted but you know she said like , I said oh hello she said hello it 's Ensla , I said oh hello ! |
| 13 | I always seem to , I think we , we were always at Stanford Hall that we must , it was a must that we have a good programme because if somebody comes and there 's nothing doing , they think well you know yo I , I , you see I suppose I 've got that orientated into Guild work but a friend of mine enticed me to go to er a club and erm it 's just simply for any age group , any sex male or female , but you must bereaved you know and erm she is a widow and I was widow , so I went but you see we , we sat round and you just , there was nothing organised and to me who had always been organised , I just felt so like a lost soul you know and er then one chappie put some records on and you cou and you could n't dance to them and I said oh , you know to me I thought wh you know but I do n't want to do it , I 've got enough to do but , I , I was straight away , I was looking for the organisation behind it you know . |
| 14 | ‘ I may not know how Selkirk died but I think I know why . ’ |
| 15 | Carrie laughed but he meant it . |
| 16 | and said he wanted an M O T on it , so his dad offered but he scrubbed his did , he would n't let him do it |
| 17 | I thought but I thought it was erm I mean you have n't |
| 18 | But into your fifth year and you were supposed to be really you know , fully fledged but I mean you hade about four years to serve . |
| 19 | Some time later a man came along the path and stopped to ask me if I was all right , I told him yes and to please go away , which he did but I thought he 'll go to fetch help so I 'd better do it now . |
| 20 | Cos I know that like she said she did but I know she was getting really pissed off cos everyone was sticking on the music she was n't interested in and stuff . |
| 21 | Sunnie smiled but she knew it was the end |
| 22 | Uncle Philip received Christmas cards and calendars from traders and wholesalers with whom he dealt but he destroyed them as soon as they arrived so there were no cards on the mantelpiece . |
| 23 | We ran and ran but it chased us . |
| 24 | So I said oh well , I said er if you we really want to get the nitty-gritties I said you know we did n't receive a Christmas card from you I said but we sent them to you . |
| 25 | She said but she said I 'll say seven days but , she 's put the but in . |
| 26 | Steve , I always said to Steven if we have a kid I said I hope it looks like me I said but I hope it got your temperament come out exactly wrong . |
| 27 | , I said , she said but I expect him to . |
| 28 | So so when he 'd done it he said well two hundred and fifty quid I heard him and he said but I suppose you know the of it oh I do n't know and he said why did n't you do it ? |
| 29 | And yet another client of mine who 's a teacher , she said oh yeah she said it 's lovely , she said I suppose I ought to do the marking and all that at the beginning she said but I leave it , she said , and I sometimes do it in the last week . |
| 30 | Yeah that 's what I said he said no it did n't come from me he said but I think they did used to sell something like that . |