Example sentences of "but you [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But ye promised it was the last , ’ Winnie said , the drunken Rab ; and she could have pulled her hair and needed a pee but was frightened to leave Rab alone . |
| 2 | You could have spoken to him , you could have offered something of yourself , but you left him there in the stinking bloody cold . |
| 3 | Peggy closed the door behind them ; but Lizzie held her tongue until they had moved further down the corridor , when she said , ‘ She gets worse ; selfish to the core , ’ and Peggy reminded her , ‘ Well , you made your escape , Mam , but you left me with it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ No , but you left it out in the street . ’ |
| 5 | But you brought it up . |
| 6 | Yes you reminded erm er Jim about the , the er asking why you asked for recommendations , pinpointed handled the objections excellently erm I 'd actually put video not available but you brought it in so you 've got a cross here and it 's got yes you , yes it was |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't ask you , but you kissed me — freely ! |
| 8 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
| 9 | ‘ But you made me — ’ She stopped . |
| 10 | But you made me fight it , and I did . |
| 11 | ‘ But you made it sound like more than two ordeals . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I did , but you made it impossible for me to refuse . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But you made it perfectly clear that you disapproved of shipboard romances . |
| 14 | ‘ But you thought I was pregnant … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But you took her against her will in your car to the place where this rape happened , and one of the very disturbing and serious features of this case is the way you abused your position as a police officer in uniform on duty . ’ |
| 16 | My jacket was in pale green tweed — like a peony stem — but you took it off and it was lined in ermine ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You were supposed to get us into town today to get our benefits , but you blew it . ’ |
| 18 | But you ignored them but in the end we we had to something abo about it . |
| 19 | ‘ But you got him scared . ’ |
| 20 | But you got her a bike and that ? |
| 21 | In my day well every man had an allowance er and we bought our own provisions but every man er they were supposed to be by the commissioners but you got I think seven and six pence a day each man got seven and six pence and we clubbed that money together and bought our provisions er like that . |
| 22 | Good try — but you got it the wrong way round ! |
| 23 | But you persuaded me ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ But you sold it , Loulou ? ’ |
| 25 | Overtime payments in special circumstances could bring those wages up to £40 a week but you had it was an amazing effort . |
| 26 | For example , we used to get a lot of people from the printers but you knew them . |
| 27 | ‘ But you knew she was n't there . ’ |
| 28 | Not a serious rival , of course , but you knew she spent a lot of time with me , and part of you resented that . |
| 29 | " But you knew I 'd remarried ? " |
| 30 | You see , I told you it was good , but you knew it too , I think . |