Example sentences of "but [pron] see that [pron] " in BNC.

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1	He was speaking very casually , but I saw that his right hand , like mine , was shaking .
2	As predicted , he was holding a bottle , but I saw that it was almost if not quite full .
3	But I see that we can go a little nearer . ’
4	If the hon. Member for Harrow , West ( Mr. Hughes ) wants to intervene now I will give way to him — but I see that he has changed his mind .
5	But I see that you 're choosy …
6	‘ Later , we will talk of us , if that be your will — but I see that you have much on your mind .
7	Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes .
8	I intended this to be a letter , but I see that it has turned into a political commentary .
9	But you see that there
10	‘ Yes , ’ she said , again , as though it were the most reasonable thing in the world , but she saw that her mother looked worried , and that doubtless Papa was behaving as he did because he had been worried about her , his darling , whom he had sent away from him , only to lose her in a foreign country — for that was what Britain was .
11	The harsh strength in his face did n't weaken , but she saw that he was listening with cold concentration to her words .
12	But she saw that he was intrigued with the words — with the insane idea of ‘ lt .
13	He laughed scornfully , but she saw that he had gone very pale .
14	She had suspected in Lucca , all those months ago , that Mrs Browning no longer cared for her as once she had done but she saw that it was worse than that : she was a nuisance , plain and simple .
15	Incongruously festive for a stretcher , but she saw that it would serve the purpose very well .
16	It would be unfair to say that Archdeacon Richard Treadwell had retired on the job , but he saw that there was no further preferment likely to come his way and , to be honest , he did n't greatly regret it .

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