Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] me [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
| 2 | I do n't know if this was true , but she told me she had only slept with the man once . |
| 3 | MAX : But she told me she did n't take a thing ? |
| 4 | ‘ But she told me she tried to be understanding of a life that perhaps she might have to lead one day , ’ said her friend . |
| 5 | I had desperately wanted to rush outside and leave the whole wretched affair behind me but something told me I had to stay and face the music . |
| 6 | ‘ But they tell me you do n't hunt with them . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah but he told me he told me he told |
| 8 | But he told me he did not take any clubs abroad with him . ’ |
| 9 | I did wonder if he had been in his cups before we opened the wine but he assured me he had not . ’ |
| 10 | She did n't say what it was or who published it or anything , but it made me you know think you know , so I wrote to her care of Writers something and erm asked her what 's the name of it I would like to read it because I had also written something about the er American Indians and erm er who 's the publisher or what 's it called , I 'd like to read it . |