Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] some [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 | ‘ But I had to have some excuse , you see . |
| 3 | ‘ But I wanted to do some scuba ! ’ he said in outrage . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not down , I 'm still grazing the mountain but I wanted to get some planting done . ’ |
| 5 | Enid : No , but I did get some pleasure from the abuse . |
| 6 | But you chose to make some rules . |
| 7 | But she had to give some thought to him , too . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They were only eating what remained of the summer 's grass , but they had struck some chord in Mrs Monro . |
| 10 | but they 'd got some people coming and were very relieved when he said he 'd get a minicab to Reading . |
| 11 | Taxes on wealth at death have declined in effectiveness , but they did have some impact ; just as important were crashes in land prices in the 1930s and liquidation of foreign investment to finance war . |
| 12 | Dippy Martin had not seen anyone but he had spent some time at the top of the lane . |
| 13 | He wanted to leave now too , but he had to make some kind of contact with the dead man first . |
| 14 | But it did take some time . |