Example sentences of "but i [vb past] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , sir , I am sorry but I saw it lying there and the temptation was too much for me . ’ |
| 2 | As a scientist I can not believe it — but I saw it happen with my own eyes . |
| 3 | I kept my hand pressed to the bottom of the boat , my fingers freezing in the icy water swilling round us , but I noticed it grew no deeper . |
| 4 | Thessy asked me what McIllvanney had wanted , but I said it had been nothing very much for I was too disgusted with the man to tell Thessy the truth . |
| 5 | But I kept it zipped . |
| 6 | You told me to throw it away before but I kept it to put that other mug in it . |
| 7 | I tried to smile at him through my tears , but I realized it had n't turned out very well , so I squeezed his hand which I was holding . |
| 8 | It may have started a bit playfully but I thought it got out of hand . |
| 9 | It got me out of clearing tables for a living , but I thought it meant more than that . |
| 10 | The one at the top is the basic tree , the one on the left is one of " my " insects , and the one on the right has no name but I thought it looked pretty . |
| 11 | But I felt it coming out and all that |
| 12 | But I used it to pay off the barman at the Tomorrowman for the damage . |
| 13 | Call me a weak-willed sentimentalist , but I liked it damn it , I liked it ! |
| 14 | ‘ But I wanted it to happen . |
| 15 | Ah yes , but I did it like , like that though . |
| 16 | The black tip of that arrow was scarlet with blood , but I reckoned it had n't gone in further than a rib or my spine . |
| 17 | But I found it collected dust in a corner . |