Example sentences of "but i [vb past] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But I knew where I was with you ! ’ he says irritably . |
2 | In half an hour she felt a lot better , but I knew now it would be my job to see her safely down to the hut . |
3 | I suppose I could have thought from the little he 'd said up until then that my half-brother was dead , or ill , or that something had happened to him , but I knew then it was something Eric had done , and there was only one thing he could have done which would make my father look worried . |
4 | But , I mean , she 's been down there and must be gone now something has , but I said surely she would have heard from the police if it 'd been |
5 | Me mother was n't very pleased with me going to work there but I said well it 's a start so I stopped |
6 | But I said well he said , oh well you ca n't play games on it ! |
7 | Somebody wanted to buy it as a non-worker but I said well I said we 'd ordered a part for it so |
8 | Well I sha n't go , said this morning do you wan na go to town today but I said well I 've got ta go tomorrow |
9 | But I thought well they were made originally for Marks were n't they ? |
10 | But I thought well he 's trying to get over a dog . |
11 | As I same I 'm I 'm You know , to be a bother like , but I thought well I 'd be best to come up and see you I could have just have asked for an another prescription . |
12 | I said we 'd better go home and check and so we drove down to and as I got there , so the bus comes up , so it looked pretty but I thought well I 'd better check so I followed it back up and nobody got off it and |
13 | Yeah , so er , he would n't of know you see , cos I only found out today , I would n't of , I have n't had a chance to tell him that I was coming here , but I thought well I 'd call on me way home and see how you are |
14 | So went out and I was feeling really tired but I thought well I just been getting up very early in the mornings so |
15 | But I thought well I 'll get on with it , what , when they get up . |
16 | What happen was we was standing this jeweller 's , well really we 'd been there , she half the stuff for me and er other people and that , but erm , were standing there for ages , and she come , I 'm , I 'm sort of standing there like this up against the counter waiting to be served , suppose to be coming back right , stood right on the foot , it hurt , but I thought ok it 's a busy shop he wo n't so I 'd turned around , sort of he was there , so I sort of went to him like that and he was looked at me and fucking looked back , so I said are you gon na apologise then , getting right fucking pissed off cos I about three o'clock that day , hang over and being dragged up and down the town all fucking day ai n't my idea of fun you know , ri right in a bad mood anyway , and he said no in a real fucking why do n't you try and make me sort of attitude , so I 'm just about to fucking say something to me , like , how out the shop and everything , and she said what 's the fuck , what 's the matter with you then ? |
17 | ‘ But I thought overall we deserved it . ’ |
18 | ‘ But I thought overall we deserved it . ’ |
19 | no , but I thought perhaps it was frozen so it wo n't fertilize |
20 | Yeah , but I thought perhaps you wanted to get into the freezer |
21 | I know it sounds as if I 'm being clever , but I felt then we 'd won . |
22 | Erm I like Marion 's because of the the colours in it but I did n't I did n't really like Fiona 's because I did n't think it was vivid enough . |
23 | but I did n't I stopped |
24 | I knew there were no flies on her but I wondered how she 'd found that out . |