Example sentences of "but [conj] i 'd [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that I 'd done before . |
| 2 | I admitted he visited me but that I 'd had a history of violence with him , and anyway I 'd got an injunction . |
| 3 | Those Marshalls sure sound great , ’ but although I 'd done the work on them it did n't really help me a lot . |
| 4 | We 'd been trying to see someone there for months , but although I 'd delivered petitions , I 'd never managed to get through the front door . |
| 5 | Mick added : ‘ I was pretty proud , but if I 'd cooked it , I 'd have been eating pumpkin pie all year . ’ |
| 6 | No , but if I 'd said that |
| 7 | But if I 'd defected I 'd have got even more — $500 . |
| 8 | He 'd say , " Leave it , it does n't matter , " but if I 'd left it the place would be a pigsty . |
| 9 | Admittedly I 'd have suffered the penalty for mutual defection , but if I 'd cooperated I 'd have got the Sucker 's payoff which is even worse . |
| 10 | I wish you 'd told me before , Edward , I mean , it 's entirely your own affair of course but if I 'd known forewarned would have been forearmed and we could have avoided this sort of thing . ’ |
| 11 | But if I 'd had eight months of thinking , I do n't think I could have taken it . |
| 12 | But before I 'd managed a single moan , Charlie pre-empted me . |
| 13 | But before I 'd got very far with my story he shrugged his shoulders and said he did n't believe me . |
| 14 | ‘ I took a plumbers apprenticeship when I left school , ’ he said , ‘ But after I 'd worked here for a while , I decided to stay on full time . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm supposed to be resting , but after I 'd had forty winks , I felt a lot better , so I toddled over here . |
| 16 | I was upset , but when I 'd calmed down , I wondered if Roby was right . |
| 17 | I was flattered when she first asked me , and curious , but when I 'd seen what it was like , I was n't interested . |
| 18 | Sixty-seven , but as I 'd said to Ruth Cohen , lively with it . |