Example sentences of "but [adv] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mostly I imagined you asleep , left utterly to yourself in a situation where my own absence from your life did not matter : |
| 2 | My three-piece was wringing wet , but eventually I dried it out , and the rest I just bagged together . |
| 3 | It took me time to find out what was wrong but eventually I sorted it out . |
| 4 | But eventually I got it right , I had to — I could n't do the advanced course without the basic one under my belt . |
| 5 | Well at one time , I was able to cope with that , but eventually I found myself taking three and four weeks to do it , y'know , with time wasting for going out trying to score and stuff like this , just to feel as though I could cope with the job . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's a long story , but basically I thought they 'd get on together . |
| 7 | As Signals explained , television ruined all this homespun entertainment but personally I found it quite a relief when we got a set and could all sit around watching King George 's funeral . |
| 8 | know nothing after that , but anyway I said it will , I 'm putting this away so I 'll have a hundred pound then and if she does n't come I says I 'll have a hundred pound for |
| 9 | there must be a reason you know , they , they went well so I 've got sixty of them , they take them with me tonight and they said would there be any cakes available for Saturday and I , I think and I nearly said to erm , well last year you reckon you could n't sell cakes , but anyway I helped her |
| 10 | alright just shut up a minute , I 'm talking to ya , so she said afterwards oh I says that was good were n't it could n't even switch the machine on and she said it does n't matter does it , she said it 's not what happens its the way you deal with it , and I made a joke of it and I said to him oh this is good i n't it ? relax you 're in safe hands I ca n't even switch the machine on , but anyway I did it in the end and he was alright , and he said thank you very much , that was , you were very good , you were very kind , cos it is frightening and one thing I said to him do n't hold your breath , because people think when their having an E C G they 've got ta hold their breath for some reason , just lie there take a deep breath and do n't breathe again but you 've never had one so you would n't no , I 'm just going to mix this up |
| 11 | I really meant to get in touch with you again after Paris , but somehow I felt I 'd blown it . |
| 12 | But somehow I knew he would n't . |
| 13 | I wanted desperately to be with him , to comfort him , but somehow I made myself keep walking , and when a coach passed , I arranged to travel on it as far as my money would pay for . |
| 14 | The conversation was wide-ranging , but gradually I told her the full story of what had happened to me over the previous year or so . |
| 15 | But once I saw him lumbering down Ward Street , you know , opposite , and he was here as well , messing around with the television . |
| 16 | But once I asked him why he was in prison , and he muttered about his days at Le Coq d'Or tavern in Paris and said he was a prisoner because he could ‘ count the days ’ . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Look — it 's hard to explain clearly when you 're shattered but yesterday I thought you were a ghoul . |
| 18 | Mr but like I pretended I had to go and see him not because I had to go and see him just because I did n't wan na go to assembly really ! |
| 19 | The visitor told me things about her which I did n't believe , but still I nodded my head as if to confirm what she had said . |
| 20 | But still I wanted him to … |
| 21 | ‘ I first thought they made a mistake with the test but later I thought it was more anti-American . ’ |
| 22 | Well they did provide her with food , but also I took her up to the phone and showed her how to get in touch with D H S S and explain the situation . |
| 23 | Not that there is anything to lose by keeping the door open , but really I believed it is every man for himself . |
| 24 | But often I wanted her to keep them on because , wearing them , she was beautiful . |
| 25 | ‘ It took ages to cross the line , but overall I thought we deserved to win for our battling spirit , ’ he said . |
| 26 | I take full account of these defects in his evidence , but overall I found his experience of the likely care regimes introduced in cashes , in cases such as that of the plaintiff to be of assistance . |
| 27 | But now I feared I was getting too old for romantic friendships . |
| 28 | I had always believed that survival lay in the mind but now I knew there were things one could n't survive . |
| 29 | But now I had something to say . |
| 30 | I usually walk around the corner to a place nearby , but today I thought it might be worthwhile to eat at a small Chinese restaurant several blocks away where a lot of newspaper guys gather . |