Example sentences of "but i [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I learnt to respect other religions . " |
| 2 | I enjoyed the congratulations and little bit of adulation , but I managed to keep some words of my father 's in my mind . |
| 3 | I know it 's something a Samaritan would consider unprofessional , but I enjoyed getting verbal queerbashers to hang up on me because they could n't handle what I was telling them . |
| 4 | My billetors were kind , but I had to spend considerable time in their sitting-room , and I felt this was an invasion of privacy for both of us . |
| 5 | ‘ I certainly have n't invited him , but I had to give Slender Billy a score of tickets , so who knows who he might bring ? ’ |
| 6 | Peter Little won the race and Andy Pitts came second , but I had beaten three others who had originally been selected ahead of me , including Cameron Sharp , who the following year was to have a great outdoor season . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I knew that he had given about 4,000 volumes , but I had kept this information to myself . |
| 9 | but I had to lie any way cos otherwise she would be more annoyed , I was going , I , say I go , I |
| 10 | ‘ He was a big man , but I had studied martial arts and felt confident that I could get away if he made the wrong move . |
| 11 | ‘ But I had to have some excuse , you see . |
| 12 | My predecessor had read law and obtained a first , but I chose to read social anthropology simply because of a pleasure in the subject . |
| 13 | Whether the ground actually became firmer or whether I was spurred on by fear I do not know , but I began to make better progress . |
| 14 | But I wanted to close that window first , make sure he did n't come back . |
| 15 | ‘ But I wanted to do some scuba ! ’ he said in outrage . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not down , I 'm still grazing the mountain but I wanted to get some planting done . ’ |
| 17 | But I tried to keep one thing — the foot — in focus throughout , because it seemed to be moving slowest . ’ |
| 18 | I did n't do so , but I did make another suggestion . |
| 19 | But I did see black guillemots swimming down in the bay , and a gully full of boulders where they probably nest . ’ |
| 20 | But I did write one thing at school , the school pantomime , which nobody wanted to be in anyway . |
| 21 | Enid : No , but I did get some pleasure from the abuse . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | I had tried it before and put on more weight due to not re-educating my eating habits , but I needed to see immediate results to get the enthusiasm to continue dieting . |