Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [Wh adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I knew where her father lived . |
| 2 | ‘ But I knew where I was with you ! ’ he says irritably . |
| 3 | But I remember when you said that that last year |
| 4 | I did n't , but I remember when you said that , that last year when I counted up |
| 5 | 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 ’ . ’ |
| 6 | But I come whenever I can , just to watch and listen . |
| 7 | 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 ? ’ |
| 8 | I may have no one , but I know where I 'm going in life , I 've got a goal . |
| 9 | But I know where his friends live . |
| 10 | Anne is lost , but I know where she is . ’ |
| 11 | Of course , she keeps them locked — her precious ‘ confidentiality ’ — but I know where she keeps the spare key . ’ |
| 12 | Maggie has no phone , but I know where she works . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | But I know when we went in Co-op the other day , last week were it there was a load |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not a modest woman , ’ she said , ‘ but I know when I 'm outclassed . ’ |
| 16 | But I know why I feel guilty . |
| 17 | ‘ No , sir , I do n't know that , but I know why he was waiting at the gate . |
| 18 | ‘ But I know 'ow we 're doin . |
| 19 | But I know how you must feel . |
| 20 | I do n't want to go home now but I do when there 's peace again |
| 21 | But I wonder where his daughter is ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ? " |
| 24 | " I could do well , but I think how I related to people was as important as how well I did at school . |
| 25 | I knew there were no flies on her but I wondered how she 'd found that out . |
| 26 | You should n't have doubted the depth of my love for you but I understand why you felt so insecure . |
| 27 | Back in the city there were thousand of people doomed , dying and all unnecessarily because here was plenty , here was sufficient for the whole city and possibly the greatest sin that you and I can be guilty of and that the church is generally guilty of , but you know when we talk about the church generally its , its so easy because that 's general , you and I that are the church , not the denomination , not the organization , it you and I , possibly the greatest sin that we can be guilty of is the sin of silence , I 'm not talking now about a rude , belligerent , discourteous , butting hole , button holding of people , I 'm not talking about that , I do n't see any place in gods word for that sort of attitude or that sort of approach but are we still silent , what about with those with whom we have the right , because we 've created a relationship , because they know us and they 've seen us and they 've seen the experiences we 've gone through and they 've seen what god has done in our lives , what about with those people do we wait for others to do it , shifting the responsibility . |
| 28 | I know those pictures there are just showing you the result of something but you know when we discuss erm er a p er a situation it 's not a theoretical situation , it 's something which happened , something that does happen . |
| 29 | th you er I mean if it were very heavy you 'd almost sort of be prepared for it to go , but you know when you 're s s standing with a , something quite light , and you might have been standing with it a little while in your hand , and then suddenly the hand goes and ca n't you see that 's ve that 's very upsetting , it makes you not very confident . |
| 30 | No , but you know when you say like |