Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so it 's all hot on the plate and served straight away you know , luckily erm I managed it but I got in a little bit of a flap I will admit it whereas Shirl 's now got used to that I mean I when we first came we both used to do our own help each other out I used to help out but erm |
| 2 | Theda could not look at him , but she said in a subdued tone , ‘ It is what your godmother called me . |
| 3 | He had hoped to waken her gently , but she drew in a small gasping breath . |
| 4 | But we lived in a middle-class neighbourhood and I met with a lot of disapproval . |
| 5 | Not that it did n't work the way we did it , but it worked in a different way . ’ |