Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I just got one thing that I want , that they gon na send me owt dodgy like a loan shark bloke or owt like that , I mean you , you 're bound to be a bit nervous , you know . |
| 2 | Yes it as I say it 's nothing grand but I just enjoyed this man 's conversation , he was so good . |
| 3 | I just fancied I know , but I just fancied some custard |
| 4 | ‘ But I probably saw several men like that in all this trainload . |
| 5 | At grammar school , of course , I had played rugby but I simply loved all sports . |
| 6 | When I was in prison I was n't hard to start with , but I soon got that way . |
| 7 | yeah , these might tell you but I always heard that salt was damp ! |
| 8 | We had to quickly change it back , but I only got one hook done up and she had to go holding one hand behind her back for the whole scene . |
| 9 | But I now saw other opportunities . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought the horses I was riding had each way chances but I never expected four winners . |
| 11 | ‘ Course , there 's badgers up in the banks but I never heard that name — ’ She broke off . |
| 12 | But I never had any terror of the dark , and was not like Shakespeare 's man , ‘ in the night , imagining some fear , How easy is a bush supposed a bear … ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But I never had any inkling that something like this would happen . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I knew he was on the take , but I never had enough evidence to show Hamilton . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , yes and yes , ’ said Sarah , ‘ but I never saw any signs of hatred . |
| 16 | I knew that we could get an immunity , normally by going to the doctor and having a vaccination or inoculation , but I never knew that right inside every one of us there was a built-in fire brigade , a whole troupe of Red Adair troubleshooters just waiting to be called upon to do their stuff . |
| 17 | I believe Vigilant was a better seaboat , but I never served any time on her in adverse conditions to find out . |
| 18 | But I still had more room than I needed in that so that was quite useful . |
| 19 | Some years earlier , I had lost almost 2st ( 12.7kg ) from my heaviest weight of 10st 3lbs ( 65 kg ) , but I still had revolting hips and thighs as you will see from my ‘ before ’ photograph . |
| 20 | But I still got that feeling that we lost something . |
| 21 | But I still ran 20.51 seconds for a personal best , so I was happy . |
| 22 | But its newly minted dual-containment policy may reckon without the Middle East 's rare talent for opportunistic alliances . |
| 23 | They now reached what appeared to be open country , but which soon became large areas of garden , each surrounding a single house approached from the roadway through magnificent iron gates . |
| 24 | But you always evaded this question , saying your allowance from home would not stretch to paying the extra rent . |
| 25 | So the chances were there for United rather than Portsmouth erm but you always had that feeling in the last quarter of an hour , is n't that funny , you 've talked to Ken Vasey and we 've talked to Andy Melville , and I think they both agreed that erm Portsmouth might just come through and snatch three points . |
| 26 | But you certainly received some letters . |
| 27 | But she also had many enemies … |
| 28 | Mrs Atkinson , who lived in Liverpool all her life , was a well-known pianist and singer , but she also did marquetery painting as a hobby prior to her marriage . |
| 29 | She was thirty-six when she cleared out and she 'd had three kids , but she still made younger women look and feel like there was no contest . ’ |
| 30 | But she certainly underwent pre-TV training , and so did Mr Hayes . |