Example sentences of "but [conj] i [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that I 'd done before . |
| 2 | I admitted he visited me but that I 'd had a history of violence with him , and anyway I 'd got an injunction . |
| 3 | I replied that it was not the first time , but that I had borne the previous occasions with courage and would do so now . |
| 4 | I am not saying that my trusting God was ‘ all up to me ’ , but that I had to see that all of me was involved in trusting God . |
| 5 | But that I had deceived . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't say I wanted to go to bed with you , but that I wanted to make love to you ; a subtle difference , ’ he chided , ‘ and I do n't know why you should look so disbelieving — you have a lovely supple body … |
| 7 | Those Marshalls sure sound great , ’ but although I 'd done the work on them it did n't really help me a lot . |
| 8 | We 'd been trying to see someone there for months , but although I 'd delivered petitions , I 'd never managed to get through the front door . |
| 9 | But if I had to decide I would say my favourite would be ( favourite country ) would be Canada because I have lived there the longest out of all places and so I know it better than any other country . |
| 10 | I felt so sad but if I had gone there and seen her , how would I have felt ? |
| 11 | But if I had said this to you three months ago would you have thought it worth the extra outlay ? |
| 12 | But if I had called out you would then have heard me across the stones . |
| 13 | But if I had to choose a hunter for work in a particular type of country I should have a pretty good idea which would be the best animal to pick , though I might not be able to tell you how I went about it . ’ |
| 14 | Someone recently said to me ‘ I 'm gradually getting over the death of my husband , but if I had realized all the extra work I would have I 'm not sure I could have coped . |
| 15 | I had been at Bourn for two years and had seen many people come and go , but if I had had a choice I would not have chosen to go to Group Headquarters . |
| 16 | But if I had expected anything , I should have expected something a little more … |
| 17 | Yeah but if I had to eat I 'd take them out , then I 'd put them back on |
| 18 | ‘ But if I chose to do so , what then , Miss Ruth Appleby ? ’ |
| 19 | Mick added : ‘ I was pretty proud , but if I 'd cooked it , I 'd have been eating pumpkin pie all year . ’ |
| 20 | No , but if I 'd said that |
| 21 | But if I 'd defected I 'd have got even more — $500 . |
| 22 | He 'd say , " Leave it , it does n't matter , " but if I 'd left it the place would be a pigsty . |
| 23 | Admittedly I 'd have suffered the penalty for mutual defection , but if I 'd cooperated I 'd have got the Sucker 's payoff which is even worse . |
| 24 | I wish you 'd told me before , Edward , I mean , it 's entirely your own affair of course but if I 'd known forewarned would have been forearmed and we could have avoided this sort of thing . ’ |
| 25 | But if I 'd had eight months of thinking , I do n't think I could have taken it . |
| 26 | I 'd got my 10 pences , but if I stopped to use a phone box I 'd lose him . |
| 27 | if , if I was really stuck and I had the , the tools , which , I would n't have you see , but if I did have the tools there , then yeah I would be able to do it cos I 've seen Martin doing it quite a few times , so |
| 28 | But if I wanted to buy poison , a rare exotic poison such as belladonna , crushed diamond or arsenic , where would I go ? ’ |
| 29 | Pat , Gabriel and I had spent some years unpicking these variables , but if I wanted to study the cellular events occurring in the minutes after the behavioural stimulus had ceased and representing distinct stages in memory formation , then imprinting would n't be the model of choice . |
| 30 | I was banned , however , not because I am a convicted criminal , I think — like the unfortunate Simon Hayward — but because I wanted to wear a false nose out of consideration for the feeling of my associate , Mark Chapman , who , as I explained last week , has just had an inch and a half lopped off his . |