Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was sure I was going to be sent to Siberia but I 'd given him all my film and all the pictures that I 'd taken already . |
| 2 | ‘ Maybe I fully intended to tell you , but you 'd made me furious by lunching with my secretary — jealousy again of course , ’ he inserted ‘ and then spent some of the mealtime telling me of it . |
| 3 | I am deeply sorry for what happened , but she had caused us all terrible unhappiness and worry . ’ |
| 4 | Several boys had asked her to dance but she had refused them all , afraid she might miss her chance with Pete , but he seemed not to have noticed her at all in spite of Louise 's dress . |
| 5 | No , he did n't know what , if anything , they had taken away , nothing , he rather thought , but they had left it untidy . |
| 6 | They thought he was a bit peculiar , maybe , but they 'd accepted him all the same . |
| 7 | But he had made it complete with fossils and dinosaur skeletons buried under the earth ; red herrings put there to expose those of little faith . |
| 8 | Innocent had not controlled French aspirations but he had made it clear that he saw himself as the arbiter of Europe and John 's cession of his kingdom in 1213 considerably strengthened the pope 's hand . |
| 9 | But he had given it all up and returned to the business world as a marketing executive . |
| 10 | Erm but he 'd given me this number , Glen about Portakabins . |
| 11 | He had n't been hurt by it , probably not even insulted , but it had made him angry . |
| 12 | He said he was sorry , but it had taken him 10 days to walk here . ’ |
| 13 | He had looked at one , years ago , but it had taken him three days to read it , carefully , from cover to cover , by which time he realized that , if he was going to do the thing at all conscientiously , he would never be abreast of current developments . |