Example sentences of "but we [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ All quiet , but we kept a round-the-clock watch on the stables last night , just in case .
2 So we got but we got a hundred percent acting or something and the two masters are gon na take us out , the five of us out to dinner .
3 Now , that 's really great to me because I mean , you 're really stimulating the youngsters at that age , and quite obviously I could tell you loads of stories the way this neighbourhood engineers er er , scheme works at the moment but as I say we are embarrassed at the moment because , quite obviously , loads of school want us to participate but we got a very shortage of engineers .
4 But we got a national emergency on our hands with your name on it . ’
5 You know , it 's bad defending , but we looked a different side second half , and not much was said at half time .
6 My heart sank at the prospect of yet again missing the top in the thick fog , but we had a great treat in store .
7 But we had a great time !
8 tried to call you both saturday nite and a couple of times on sunday — but no answer … the spurs game was just OK — but we had a great time at the newcastle game vs. scousers — great atmosphere — we stood among the newcastle supporters ( north bank ? ) and they made hell each time cole put it behind grobbelar …
9 But we had a great deal of literature in common , and a love of landscape ; we thought ( Dickens excepted ) the same things funny ; and we had some similar slants of vision .
10 We did n't see him , but we had a superb seafood meal in a trattoria on a hill and found ourselves adopted by a shaggy island dog , another hazard of Mediterranean voyaging .
11 ‘ He did , but we had a slight disagreement on the way .
12 ‘ I 'm not sure if it was ‘ The Reign of Terror ’ story about the French Revolution , or one of the other ones , but we had a terrible time getting Bill to pronounce the word brazier , meaning a rack for burning coals .
13 But we had a good time and will definitely go again .
14 That was n't music , but we had a good time … and then , I do n't know , we do talk about other things , particularly I suppose the kind of fixes we 're both in . "
15 But we had a good time .
16 The majority of people were sympathetic , but we had a long way to go before people would be shouting ‘ Honte à la reine Britannique ’ in the streets .
17 I was eyeballing distances at that time , and had no real idea how far Roberto had to clear the out-of-bounds and a wee bank that ran round the hole , but we had a strong breeze behind us going from right to left .
18 But we had a loyal staff who helped clear up and we got back into business in 3 days .
19 And the supporters been treating me well , the promotion been treating me well , so obviously I never really wanted to move but we had a few problems with the negotiating with the contract and the financial terms was n't quite right so but I 'm glad to say we 've got it right now and you know we both sort of gave a bit and we came to a settlement er which I 'm very pleased about .
20 ‘ If only there 'd been more time , ’ said Kelly , ‘ I 'd have tried to help her work out a clear-cut characterisation , but we had a tight schedule and I left it up to her . ’
21 We we we lived but we had a comfortable home , and I er I thought it was a lovely home actually .
22 ‘ My mum is a bit upset , ’ says Zara , ‘ but we had a lovely letter from Mr Evans saying that he would pay for me to return home at any time during the first three months in England , which we were very grateful for . ’
23 ‘ I 'm so sorry to have kept you , but we had a little emergency ! ’
24 Unfortunately that empty but we had a little light entertainment when you first came here er especially the way you rode your bicycles er we , we sincerely hoped that you could fly your aeroplanes a little better than that .
25 We each had different schemes , but we shared a common purpose .
26 Well I know you 'd love to debate that with me , but we devoted a whole morning to it yesterday so I 'm not going to .
27 Those seven miles took a long time , but we worked a few things out .
28 ‘ We knew it could work but we needed a better location and a lot of word of mouth . ’
29 But we needed a balanced approach .
30 But we cleared a tough hurdle on Saturday .
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