Example sentences of "but just [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We did not see the signal as it was fast approaching time for our departure from York , but just before we left Mr Hopkin he informed us that there were also tickets , buttons , maybe som small brass fittings , an 1864 rail chair and possibly the original chimney of Carlisle from before her 1924 heavy overhaul . |
| 2 | But just before we got there I realized how — tawdry it was going to be . |
| 3 | A big van pulls up and they stick their stuff inside and get in , but just before they go , the man with the fog horn thing turns round and says all friendly like , ‘ Happy Christmas ’ . |
| 4 | But just before they plunge into the earth |
| 5 | As I said to my husband only last night ( just after I had eaten my miserable Lean Cuisine but just before I finished the box of Black Magic ) : ‘ Is n't it terrible the way we allow advertisers to manipulate us ? ’ |
| 6 | Now , as I say , it 's been a fairly full account , but just before I put er , er , the motion to you , are there any points , or questions you 'd like to raise No , well , thank you very much . |
| 7 | And not only have they consumed practically a quart of maple ice-cream , but just before I came in here they were ordering some pizzas ! |
| 8 | But just before she saw it she heard something — to her , rather ominous — the rumble of a bus . |
| 9 | She stood at the door , the Doctor 's name poised on her lips , but just before she called out , something made her hesitate . |
| 10 | She strode towards them , her fist upraised — but just before she pounded on it , she hesitated . |
| 11 | He did not answer but just before she heard his bedroom door close she would swear that she heard a small chortle of laughter — as if her dry afterthought of a good morning had amused him . |
| 12 | In the event , he was accepted at Birmingham University , but just before he arrived he was informed that the geography department had been closed down because of austerity measures brought in during World War N. He therefore decided to read geology instead , but shortly afterwards he received notification that this department was also to be closed . |
| 13 | But just before he could get the words out , she begged him to do her a tremendous favour . |
| 14 | She could not be sure of it , but just after he entered , she thought she heard footsteps going softly away down the corridor . |
| 15 | But just afore she passed out she said something about her sister and wor Robbie . |
| 16 | It 's not that the jokes are not funny , but just that they are about as fresh as a tin of those pineapple chunks . |
| 17 | But for his act in bringing it there no mischief could have accrued , and it seems but just that he should at his peril keep it there so that no mischief may accrue , or answer for the natural and anticipated consequences . |
| 18 | But just when we thought the evenings might get a bit boring . |
| 19 | But just when he was thinking it was his exclusive preserve , along came Monty . |
| 20 | But just when he thought he would have to drop the paper and the knife in the dustbin and abandon the joke , he spotted the pond . |
| 21 | But just when it seemed the writing was about to be put back up on the wall , Kendall found an unlikely saviour . |
| 22 | But just when it seemed that the former were to disappear up a one-club road to exclusive excellence , along came Newport and beat them to mark the first real return on all the investment at Rodney Parade . |
| 23 | But just when you think you know what they mean , they stop meaning anything at all — workflow systems and groupware have arrived |
| 24 | But just when I was feeling at home in the loin-cloth and boot polish , and when I 'd learned my lines before anyone else and was getting as competent as a little orangutan on the scaffolding , I saw that our conflicts had n't ended . |
| 25 | And yet again he let the silence come , as if the silence would answer my questions better than he could himself ; but just when I had decided he would not answer , he spoke . |
| 26 | I know your ego finds that hard to believe , but just because we had a good time together for a couple of days does not necessarily mean that I 'm yours to play with whenever you feel like it ! ’ |
| 27 | I 'm sure Danny , Jenny , and Carly have , but just because we 've gone half way , can I just let the other three finish off their presentation ? |
| 28 | It has always seemed to me that people vote in a new government not because they actually agree with their politics but just because they want a change . |
| 29 | Yeah , but just because they 're a rubbish band , does n't mean that they ca n't communicate , and that 's sort of the image that we 're portraying here . |
| 30 | Once it is accepted that principles can be part of the law for reasons not reflecting convention but just because they are morally appealing , then a door is opened for the more threatening idea that some principles are part of the law because of their moral appeal , even though they contradict what convention has endorsed . |