Example sentences of "but [adv] i [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a Ballyclare supporter I was not sure which fans to join in the final but thankfully I went to the South stand and found myself in the middle of the most friendly people I have ever met in my whole life . |
| 2 | ‘ They awarded me a seat behind a pillar for this French farce , but foolishly I moved to a place where I had a full view of the stage . |
| 3 | I did not notice where I was walking , but soon I came to the station . |
| 4 | But once I got to the hospital and after the operation the doctor reassured me it was a straightforward and took forty-five minutes . |
| 5 | I made few friends , but once I adapted to this life I do not think I was particularly unhappy . |
| 6 | But still I said to er Con well , oh well I said to Irene I did , I said it 's good for er . |
| 7 | But later I returned to the subject . |
| 8 | I wondered aloud whether it was possible to buy one of their bulletproof vests and whether there were trousers to match ; but really I wanted to be away from this place where even my pure anger had been stolen from me . |
| 9 | ‘ I used to think that you should always be yourself but now I like to be made up , smile and look like a woman should , ’ preens Fay . |
| 10 | ‘ But now I come to what was really the main point argued before us . |
| 11 | Death 's mercy has held off all too long , but now I swear to you this is ending . |
| 12 | I know it 's my fault she 's here , I suppose in a few years time I 'll wish I 'd been here , but now I want to be out enjoying myself . |
| 13 | But now I wanted to be somewhere that had a future and no past to carry . |
| 14 | I do n't listen , I mean sorry , I 've got a frog in my throat , erm like , she tells me not to stay on the phone too long , but sometimes I have to , okay , not , not necessarily just as a conversation , but , homework and stuff |
| 15 | But sometimes I want to be pampered like royalty — without having to pay a king 's ransom . |
| 16 | I used at times to feel somewhat worried when she would play the supremely confident coquette with me and I would be enthralled by her charms , but then I came to the conviction , some time ago , that such moments of relatedness could only be nourishing for her developing personality as well as delightful to me . |
| 17 | Well I was thinking of walking home from the centre of the town but then I thought to hell with it . |
| 18 | I have to go back into hospital before Christmas but then I hope to be at home . |
| 19 | But then I return to the knifeblade , flexing gently under my weight as I try to shift my centre of gravity as far as possible over my feet to protect the belay . |
| 20 | When some boys at the school put excrement under the headmaster 's chair , he contrasted the culprits unfavourably with true school sportsmen : ‘ Last Friday I was feeling pretty low when I found out about this lot … but then I went to football on Saturday , there were several lads and teachers there , playing their hearts out or giving up their time just for the school , and then I thought , ‘ Perhaps , it 's not so bad after all . ’ |
| 21 | To conclude the story I do n't know who pegged the match but afterwards I talked to one of the locals who told me they never peg the stretch where I was . |