Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a concession to the New Wave I wore a black shirt , black jeans , white socks and black suede shoes , but I knew I had uninteresting hair . |
| 2 | ‘ But I saw her perform those so-called miracles . ’ |
| 3 | You told me to throw it away before but I kept it to put that other mug in it . |
| 4 | It took a great deal of effort not to wriggle about as much as I normally did , but I feared him panicking more than the physical discomfort . |
| 5 | ‘ But I thought we had all day to get to the school , ’ remarked Endill . |
| 6 | We got turned over last Saturday but I thought we showed great character out there today . ’ |
| 7 | GUIL : He caught us on the wrong foot once or twice , perhaps , but I thought we gained some ground . |
| 8 | It got me out of clearing tables for a living , but I thought it meant more than that . |
| 9 | The one at the top is the basic tree , the one on the left is one of " my " insects , and the one on the right has no name but I thought it looked pretty . |
| 10 | It was good , but I thought he seemed tired — as well he may be . |
| 11 | But I asked them to photograph those documents which we found and they do n't want to do it , so that 's up to them . |
| 12 | He still spent every holiday with them , but I felt he needed more independence and so did they . |
| 13 | He could fly all day long and all night long if he wanted , but I wanted him to get 100 hours at night and I felt that despite his enthusiasm I would like to he shot of him for a period . |
| 14 | ‘ I keep hearing how good they are , but I watched them draw 0–0 with Torino last Sun day and they looked pretty ordinary to me . |
| 15 | But I found I had little idea how to set about producing a crime short story . |
| 16 | A second opinion was sought and , short-sightedly , my parents agreed to put me in those gorgeous National Health jobs which are now sported by your average Yuppie but which made you look second only in berkishness to the kid in the owl specs with Elastoplast all over one lens . |
| 17 | ‘ But somebody told you to think that ? ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | " But you said you wanted this letter to go off this morning , so I 've brought it for you to sign . " |
| 20 | Alice 's hand shrank a little , but she made it lie steady . |
| 21 | No , but she had hers done cheap because er |
| 22 | I do n't know how she put up with it but she said she felt obligated . |
| 23 | and anyway she rang David up and she said , she did n't say it were for Bet but she said she wanted another two hundred pounds |
| 24 | I 've gone down hill since then , but she said you know these folks are hard when you 've been out of work for a long while , you 've got ta just get back up and fight again , I said , she said and I know how hard that is , but she said you know , if you can get it going and fit and get in , so |
| 25 | But she said I hate that place , I 'm not going . |
| 26 | It was the truth , but she knew it sounded evasive and that evasiveness was not a quality that would appeal much to Guido . |
| 27 | So that 's why we have n't , he wanted twenty , the home secretary wanted twenty up and running before Christmas , he did n't say which Christmas , but we presumed he meant last Christmas , and we said no , we 'll do it properly and get it started up right |
| 28 | But we got we got two in Edinburgh . |
| 29 | Tom Gadd , who works in our Shopping In Style department , prefers to wet shave , but we persuaded him to try three different electric razors and one battery-powered wet shaver . |
| 30 | But they made me feel great , I told them , " I want to live here . " |