Example sentences of "but [prep] my [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his reply of 21 February 1935 , he added a footnote in his own hand which put the matter aptly ; but about my second article he had his doubts . |
| 2 | ‘ When I first left school I did a foundation course in art but after my national service I went into industry . ’ |
| 3 | It may have been from a lamp outside , but in my nervous state I did not think of that . |
| 4 | What happened on Friday night happened , but in my humble opinion it never was , nor should it be regarded as , a resignation matter . |
| 5 | Outgoings will vary but in my own case I already know that for gas , water and the poll tax I shall need an extra £132 . |
| 6 | In my first two terms at St. Albans , I came twenty-fourth and twenty-third , but in my third term I came eighteenth . |
| 7 | At that moment her Arabic was even poorer than mine , for she was new to the household , but on my next visit she would be rattling away in this throaty language and I would be struggling as usual . |
| 8 | I still love playing , but at my pensionable age it takes longer to recover from each match . |