Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I enjoyed the congratulations and little bit of adulation , but I managed to keep some words of my father 's in my mind . |
| 2 | I noticed that Aunt Louise could thread her needle without too much trouble and even write a few letters , but I had heard that sight is often impaired by poor health , and prided myself that this improvement might be due to good food and peace of mind . |
| 3 | I knew that he had given about 4,000 volumes , but I had kept this information to myself . |
| 4 | but I had to lie any way cos otherwise she would be more annoyed , I was going , I , say I go , I |
| 5 | ‘ But I had to have some excuse , you see . |
| 6 | But I wanted to close that window first , make sure he did n't come back . |
| 7 | ‘ But I wanted to do some scuba ! ’ he said in outrage . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not down , I 'm still grazing the mountain but I wanted to get some planting done . ’ |
| 9 | I did n't do so , but I did make another suggestion . |
| 10 | Enid : No , but I did get some pleasure from the abuse . |
| 11 | But I did get another tingle of excitement when I swam a shade too near a jagged reef , and she grabbed me by the shoulder to pull me away . |
| 12 | It was n't at all what Luce had expected , and , seeing her puzzled frown , he said hastily , apologetically , ‘ I hope you do not mind using the rear entrance , but I needed to go this way to get to my next appointment . ’ |
| 13 | But you chose to make some rules . |
| 14 | The last time she had been to the office she had been confined in a poky little interview room near the editor 's office , but she hoped to avoid that fate this time . |
| 15 | But she had to give some thought to him , too . |
| 16 | But she had known this encounter was coming ever since she and Florian had attracted the attention of the photographers covering the concert at one of Taipei 's main sports stadiums the previous night . |
| 17 | He was a good-looking man with his jet-black hair and intimidating jawline , but she had encountered any number far more handsome , yet none had stirred her the way he could with a single glance from those incredible eyes . |
| 18 | But she had spent many years perfecting the art of the memo . |
| 19 | Her eyepatch apart , she bore no obvious scars , but she had fought many battles , vanquished many foes . |
| 20 | Isabelle might have left her the case , but she 'd hidden these things away , making sure they would n't be discovered at least while her husband was alive . |
| 21 | Silas had made it plain that he did n't want women in his life , but she refused to accept that fact . |
| 22 | She told the Herald that she would miss Le Court and probably be homesick for a little while but she wanted to spend more time with her husband and family . |
| 23 | Meredith supposed Harriet would be fully committed socially over the Christmas period but she wanted to offer some token of hospitality , so she went across the road after breakfast and asked if Harriet would like to come over to lunch . |
| 24 | Some said they 'd , they 'd be interested in playing , they knew how to play certain things and others wanted to play others and that 's how we started , and in a matter of a year the new headquarters at er Lowestoft was being opened , by the Dutchess of Kent , and we decided that the band was going to play at that one and you can imagine , and it was all ready and they were playing music , but I 'm not sure what , what quality music it was , and blow me on the week before , the band leader , the conductor decided he could n't play because he had a sprained wrist so we were left without a conductor even , but we managed to get another conductor and we played and I do n't know what it sounded like , but the Dutchess of Kent was very kind , she said the music sounded lovely . |
| 25 | ‘ We were having fun with the children but we seemed to lose each other , ’ says Davina . |
| 26 | It sounded okay but we kept getting these fumes . |
| 27 | But we did have this idea that the whole tribe went around together . |
| 28 | They were only eating what remained of the summer 's grass , but they had struck some chord in Mrs Monro . |
| 29 | But they had had this conversation so often and to such little purpose that he had long ago abandoned his part of the dialogue . |
| 30 | These doors were now firmly closed , but they had opened several times since Zen 's arrival , admitting a succession of visitors who had forced their way through the mass of bodies and expectant faces in the corridor outside , sweltering under television lights and waving microphones in front of anyone who appeared . |