Example sentences of "but i [adv] [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | all mothers are sacred but I just had to put the boot in on her , I 'm afraid , I said stuff ! |
| 2 | ‘ There must have been about 30 pairs in the drawer but I just happened to pick the one with the money . |
| 3 | There 's a national debate going on t we 're not gon na crack it here this afternoon and I do n't want to get in there but I just wanted to put the other side of the er of the coin to that . |
| 4 | no they have n't , they 're gon na go all the way round the top section as well , but I just wanted to get the bottom section built first , get some of that plant food in |
| 5 | I worked in England but I always seemed to miss the good jobs abroad ; every time I started rehearsing for something special , my mother would drag me away . |
| 6 | I sent away and passed the exams and I became a policeman , but I always wanted to become a policeman when I , from about eighteen or nineteen it 's just that I drifted the wrong way . |
| 7 | Erm , yeah ( he lies ) , but I really meant to say every window in the house . |
| 8 | But I still had to pay the new increase like ! |
| 9 | I had got to the beach , but I still had to find the dinghy — and Joanna . |
| 10 | I kept reading and my knowledge kept growing , but I still wanted to see an owl 's nest and experience the thrill of actually seeing one in flight , in the feather , so to speak . |
| 11 | ‘ That 's the way it goes , but I still wanted to dig a deep hole and dive in it . |