Example sentences of "but i [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh yeah I know but I meant in here . |
| 2 | But I cared for you , Theodosia . |
| 3 | ‘ But I knew at the time that I felt I had something to offer and that 's why I wanted to come back and be a manager again . |
| 4 | My mind turned back to the man Mrs Bradshaw had accosted in the garden , but I knew of no one who bore me that kind of grudge or , if he did , would take it out on me in such a petty and spiteful way . |
| 5 | I did n't know the person but I knew of her and I knew a friend of mine went to her , this is the one that did seven years . |
| 6 | I toyed with the idea of committing suicide , but I knew in my heart and soul I would never take my own life . |
| 7 | ‘ But I knew in my heart that I would have no chance against them and that they would be merciless . |
| 8 | But I knew in the end you would n't let us down — and I was right , was n't I ? ’ |
| 9 | But I knew from the outset that the demands Schoenberg makes in these Variations are abnormal ones which are difficult to realize properly even in acoustically suitable concert-halls . |
| 10 | I could n't hear exactly what he said , but I knew from Terry 's tone that they were taking the piss out of me . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It was only slightly traumatic , but I knew from my safety audit of the operators that it was virtually impossible for things to go wrong , ’ explained Nigel . |
| 12 | But I ran for them and won most everything , so it was good fun , and it also kept me off the streets , which pleased my parents . |
| 13 | But I ran in it and it felt fine . |
| 14 | We still cherished the idea of putting together a ‘ counterblast ’ ; but I perceived in due course that we had begun to differ regarding the objective to be demolished . |
| 15 | And I was talking , cos I walked along , I walked down towards Twickenham , but I walked to way you go to when I went straight down to Twickenham . |
| 16 | Yeah , well Ah but I walked through u |
| 17 | But I walked in one day and he says , You 'd ge better bugger off home , he says , . |
| 18 | But I walked round the barbed wire and crawled inside the little ground that lay beyond . |
| 19 | But I came to terms with all that because the house has so much going for it in other ways . |
| 20 | With distant astonishment at her own efficiency , she heard her voice saying very clearly and reasonably : ‘ I do beg your pardon , but I came to you as the nearest house . |
| 21 | But I came to my senses and declared my honourable intentions at the top of Mount Pocol . ’ |
| 22 | Lorimer could certainly hit it harder than Mel — but I came to the decision that he was nt really the specialist free kick taker . |
| 23 | Well I was here but I came during break time . |
| 24 | But I came through all that and thought , I 'm never going to feel guilty about how I feel again , or what I want to do . |
| 25 | He might have had it for some long time , I do n't know , but I came across it in a drawer in the small bedroom when I was putting his clean linen away . |
| 26 | where it was but I came across somewhere where there was a freephone and people at a g on a given sort of in a given week could all just go and use this freephone number , and ring up and they 'd hear a tape recording . |
| 27 | " But I came from outside it . " |
| 28 | Then she discovered that it was Travis she had to thank that the news of her engagement to his cousin was all over Vasey 's , as , still smiling , he stated , ‘ Hope you do n't mind , Naylor , but I came in earlier to have a quick word with Leith , and could n't resist telling her assistant that a possible reason for Leith being late this morning could be her getting engaged to you at the weekend . ’ |
| 29 | But I went into Northumberland a number of times , to Hexham . |
| 30 | But I went for the downstairs one because of the bath . |