Example sentences of "but [det] [vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't look frightened , but neither did she look as though she was faking anything . |
| 2 | They wanted to get on but that made me swear if I ever got made Sergeant , I would never treat a man the way I was treated . |
| 3 | This was exciting enough , but little did I know that after noon how much more exciting hunting rabbits with a hawk could be . |
| 4 | The principles of the NBS , brainchild of A1 Garden Aquaria 's Peter Oakes , were outlined in last month 's column , but little did I imagine that the device itself would be in my hands so soon afterwards , let alone up and running in time for this update . |
| 5 | My mother nearly died when she saw the mess but little did she know that I was going to do it all again the next day . |