Example sentences of "but i [vb past] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My leg had gone completely to sleep and I could n't feel it at all , but I managed to hobble to the door , collecting fourpence out of my wallet , and down the stairs to the first landing where the telephone was . |
| 2 | I said I fully realised the job had to be done but I wished to protest against the shabby trick ‘ Ark Royal ’ had played on us . |
| 3 | I usually stay later , but I had to dress for the dinner party . |
| 4 | " I 'm sorry to have kept you waiting , but I had to finish with the man I had with me . |
| 5 | But I had to go in the loft . |
| 6 | But I had to return to the subject of Frankenstein . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sorry , truly I am , but I had to look after the boys . |
| 8 | Most of them used local girls , but I decided to go to the famous state-run Eros Centre in Hamburg , which I 've since heard has been closed down due to the AIDS scare . |
| 9 | And usually the man telling me he understood if eventually when he starts the job , he has n't understood at all , he 's just saying so , but I wanted to prove to the man himself that he could do it and prove to myself that he could do it . |
| 10 | ‘ I was pushed out into the garden , but I stayed to watch through the window . |