Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But I took very good care that we did n't .
2 But I heard only this morning the story of an Arab girl whose parents have had to remove her from school because she was receiving threatening messages .
3 I left Simon but I had very good reason to , as you know .
4 I was n't sure what he could have done from Purley , where he lived , but I had very great confidence in his championship .
5 But I had very little idea of anything at the time and I did n't do very much acting .
6 ‘ I thought it would be good to be free to get on with my own affairs , ’ she said , ‘ but I suffered quite severe depression .
7 Really is good gets your going but I got fucking wet feet !
8 I tested the springs as best I could , but I weighed under seven stone and Otto was tall and well built .
9 But erm er so I thought that was er so that was the only thing that I would actually pick up on there erm and the one thing I noticed this time , and you did n't , I mean this was n't the case when you did erm the role play this morning , but this time , and I do n't know whether it was because you had less confidence with what , with actual talking about the product , but you had very little eye contact with Maggie .
10 But she woke early one morning to see the sun shining into her room , and she ran out to the secret garden at once .
11 But she got only two steps .
12 But she had quite good looks , and beneath her hat a loop of luxuriant dark auburn hair was showing .
13 It was probably too late to say sorry , but she 'd better bluggy try !
14 Camera work was one thing , but she felt incredibly vulnerable shimmying in a trendy , often skimpy outfit while pop music blasted and people stared .
15 She supposed she ought to feel apprehensive , but she felt only deep delight , and it seemed the most natural thing in the world to be making her way through the moonlight to Raynor .
16 I do n't know whether the child was happy with Mrs Reed , but she stayed there ten years , until she went to Lowood school , where you were yourself .
17 Much as she would have liked to stay , Penny had to hurry home with her budgie , but she learned later that Brownie Owl got the puppy out of the tree and took it home and gave it food .
18 It 's not the right song for the show , but we had so little time and a decision had to be made .
19 we were in town on Saturday and I saw two really nice sports bags , but we had so many parcels I I did n't had n't the heart to suggest to Bill we
20 Well , we know the tomato splats have already gone mouldy on Comic Relief , but we had so many pictures and stories sent in we just had to squeeze out another page .
21 It was intended as a ‘ one off ’ but we had so much fun it turned into an annual event . ’
22 Everything was very legitimate and above board , but we had very specific requirements of what we wanted this representation to be , because it is life size .
23 ‘ Horology is the study or measuring of time or making of clocks ’ — that 's what our dictionary says and the latter is what we do ; we make clocks for a large company called the London Clock Company , but we had very humble beginnings … .
24 But we started late last year did n't we ?
25 But there remained too many blocks to opportunity after schooling , and prejudice about the age at which people could begin a new career .
26 Some teachers gave ad hoc help to pupils in the use of reference books , but there appeared little systematic guidance given to pupils on the reading and study techniques required to make the most effective use of their time and efforts .
27 In the in vivo assay both mutations behaved as the wild type , but they had slightly lower affinities than wild type in vitro as judged by gel retardation assays .
28 The guy said it did n't do either of them any serious damage , but they had really bad headaches afterwards .
29 Not only did they omit to date their editions , but they had almost identical books in the 7/6d [ 37½p ] and 3/6d [ 17½p ] category in cloth covers of a great variety of colours .
30 But they left mighty little trace within the walls of the City of London .
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