Example sentences of "i [vb past] but [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I applied but they turned me down . ’ |
| 2 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 3 | I hurried on , slipping on the black ice , cursing and praying , hammering at the doors I passed but I was so cold I could hardly cry out . |
| 4 | I shouted but you did n't hear , so I had to chase you . ’ |
| 5 | I tried but she sensed my revulsion . |
| 6 | ‘ I tried but he 's not in . |
| 7 | I stopped but he did n't and I wheezed after him . |
| 8 | I meowed but he ignored me . |
| 9 | I bid around £2 million for him shortly after I arrived but it was turned down . |
| 10 | No I mean I opened but I forgot I had to switch it on . |
| 11 | And although I 'm not I enjoyed the piping , I enjoyed But I was not at peace I says I says , you 've even ruined me for this . |
| 12 | mother and I hope father and I will be around to want to pick up what we can to help you 've got ta start thinking about standing on your own feet , you know , because admittedly I er I , I , I could turn out to be not as bad a financial state as I anticipated but I never was stinking rich and I 'm certainly not stinking rich now , so erm I mean |
| 13 | I waved but they took no notice . |
| 14 | ‘ I survived but I have joined the group because I want to put something back raising money and proving to others that you can survive . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't remember to this day which one I wore but I remember being totally traumatized by it because it would show favouritism . ’ |
| 16 | This was not actually what I meant but it was reported as a sort of ‘ leadership whinge ’ and general complaint . |
| 17 | Well I used the word to mo er in a report I was writing years ago it was ten years ago and I knew what I meant but I had n't sat down and defined what I meant , perhaps I should have done . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , I offered but he said not to trouble . |
| 19 | But Fred was saying , er because , erm the dreadful thing was I could n't remember his name to start with I think I could try if I knew but I could n't remember what his christian name |
| 20 | A difficult moment for me occurred when Phil Collins came on the show , simply because what I knew but he did n't , was that he was going to be my first guest on This Is Your Life the following week . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know how I looked but I was shocked . |
| 22 | Yeah , that 's what I thought but she 'd walk down there . |
| 23 | I thought but I thought it was erm I mean you have n't |
| 24 | And then I switched over and I thought but it 's a about this little boy . |
| 25 | I always seem to , I think we , we were always at Stanford Hall that we must , it was a must that we have a good programme because if somebody comes and there 's nothing doing , they think well you know yo I , I , you see I suppose I 've got that orientated into Guild work but a friend of mine enticed me to go to er a club and erm it 's just simply for any age group , any sex male or female , but you must bereaved you know and erm she is a widow and I was widow , so I went but you see we , we sat round and you just , there was nothing organised and to me who had always been organised , I just felt so like a lost soul you know and er then one chappie put some records on and you cou and you could n't dance to them and I said oh , you know to me I thought wh you know but I do n't want to do it , I 've got enough to do but , I , I was straight away , I was looking for the organisation behind it you know . |
| 26 | And I I went but it was so embarrassing it made me ill . |
| 27 | I listened but I did n't understand . |
| 28 | That 's the only one that ever I remembered but they were all , and they you know they , they used to graze their horses up there in that field up at the top , and this Billy that used to go round all the district and , and buy up all these old cast horses and bring them up there until he had a consignment gathered up . |
| 29 | ‘ I did but I cheated — cooked them from frozen , but tonight I promise to cook you a proper meal , my own personal favourite . |
| 30 | I do n't care who told you I did but I did n't do that . |