Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [prep] you " in BNC.

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1 But I cared for you , Theodosia .
2 With distant astonishment at her own efficiency , she heard her voice saying very clearly and reasonably : ‘ I do beg your pardon , but I came to you as the nearest house .
3 So we 've been down there a few times but I said to you did n't I ?
4 But I thought of you , your concern for me , and how it might trouble your conscience ( not that you would ever hear of it ) so I stopped .
5 He went over the top saying things like , ‘ Faith , I 've seen some acts in my time but none compared to you . ’
6 so I said but I 'm not disappointed but she said just listen to what I 've got to say , she said , erm , because anybody else that 's failed we 've just said I 'm sorry we ca n't have you , but she said with you , we all feel that you 've got so much to offer she said I 'm gon na offer you a relief post which means that you can go into other people 's ho er other homes , all around , all different hospitals if somebody 's short , they can call on you and I said could it be a full time job , will it give me enough money to say that I 'm working ?
7 We usually eat at seven , but we waited for you — I 've got a casserole in the oven . ’
8 and one woman said that the year , nineteen twenty one she was a bride of eighteen years old and she took Good Housekeeping and she 's got the whole lot although she 's now a very old lady , and she said my first lot of housekeeping was done in a house in Wales where we had water from the well we had to build the fires up by hand we could get Welsh coal cheaply but they had to you know use paper and kindle and we swept with brooms and my life has never been easier she said I had three children in four years and my life has never been easier she said and all these modern things came in life has got more and more complicated and difficult !
9 I we live in then , then up to Wellington , but he lived in you know and er
10 I was actually er answering your friend 's comments there , but he spoke over you so I wanted to answer him back .
11 But what happened to you ? ’
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