Example sentences of "but i [verb] [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I knew where I was with you ! ’ he says irritably . |
| 2 | But I remember when you said that that last year |
| 3 | I did n't , but I remember when you said that , that last year when I counted up |
| 4 | Her head was bobbing up and down now , and Peggy , smiling wanly , nodded in return , saying , ‘ Well , I ca n't remember what you did in those early years , Gran , but I remember how you used to bounce me on your knees in time with ‘ To ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross ’ . ’ |
| 5 | But I come whenever I can , just to watch and listen . |
| 6 | Yes but I mean how you say if they 'd played their cards right , but are you saying just go down there and say to him ‘ get off ? ’ |
| 7 | I may have no one , but I know where I 'm going in life , I 've got a goal . |
| 8 | Anne is lost , but I know where she is . ’ |
| 9 | Of course , she keeps them locked — her precious ‘ confidentiality ’ — but I know where she keeps the spare key . ’ |
| 10 | Maggie has no phone , but I know where she works . |
| 11 | er perhaps Tom himself was erm not really concentrating very much but I know when we came back after the Christmas Day , the Boxing Day that is , erm , Tom was quite oblivious as to what had gone on on the Chr on the Christmas Eve , so I remember we c we put our heads together and erm came to erm some arrangement as to who should be invited for this next tractor course and nothing was ever said so I expect the right people went after all but erm it 's funny how when he was |
| 12 | But I know when we went in Co-op the other day , last week were it there was a load |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not a modest woman , ’ she said , ‘ but I know when I 'm outclassed . ’ |
| 14 | But I know why I feel guilty . |
| 15 | ‘ No , sir , I do n't know that , but I know why he was waiting at the gate . |
| 16 | ‘ But I know 'ow we 're doin . |
| 17 | But I know how you must feel . |
| 18 | I will have to take your word for it that they are a pair — but I wonder how you are so sure , as it is n't all that easy to sex these fish . |
| 19 | In my professional work , I repeatedly have conversations with educated clients — especially male clients — which go something like this : " Yes , yes — you 've told me what you think , and what you did , but I wonder how you felt ? " |
| 20 | " I could do well , but I think how I related to people was as important as how well I did at school . |
| 21 | I knew there were no flies on her but I wondered how she 'd found that out . |
| 22 | You should n't have doubted the depth of my love for you but I understand why you felt so insecure . |