Example sentences of "but i [verb] [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I really liked both of these guitars and would urge anyone to try one , but I 've saved the best news until last : just look at the prices … |
| 2 | But I 've said the same before , only to hear someone use the same gadget and get a monster sound . |
| 3 | But I 've done the other two . |
| 4 | But I 've seen the wee girls stop at Eileen 's saying |
| 5 | Erm and I had that , but I 've used the last of that to be honest . |
| 6 | But I 've got the mobile phone , the furry coat and the big cigar . |
| 7 | But I 've got the inside story from my mate . |
| 8 | But I 've got the following week at eight , so that 's lucky is n't it . |
| 9 | So I got some of them velour curtains but I 've got the wrong size I 'll have to take them back |
| 10 | But I 've got the full report . |
| 11 | I 've got three I have n't got the twenty but I 've got the three |
| 12 | ‘ Quite understandably , Brian is concerned about the way things are going , but I 've got the utmost faith in him and resting him would gain nothing . ’ |
| 13 | But I 've put the first hot foments on the two affected parts , ’ I explained . |
| 14 | But I 've had the last laugh . |
| 15 | But I 'd bought the wrong weedkiller , it was Tumbleweed and I found out later it 's only lethal to tropical fish , apparently I should have bought pathklear which is much stronger . |
| 16 | Professor Kelling used the term first for Carboniferous deposits on the Moroccan Meseta , but I have seen the same sort of thing in Jurassic carbonates on the Polish foreland and they have been described from many other horizons and areas , though not previously interpreted in this way . |
| 17 | Oh , but I have said the wrong thing , she thought , for her sister 's face had tightened and her eyes burned with a coppery light . |
| 18 | But I have adopted the French habit of diluting wine with water , and so I ate my breakfast in solitary state this morning and regarded the world with quite a sparkling eye . |
| 19 | I not only listened to the hon. Gentleman 's arguments tonight , but I have read the other speeches that he has made throughout the passage of the Bill . |
| 20 | Many readers will be familiar with both , but I have included the following for those for whom brief easy-to-find summaries will be useful . |