Example sentences of "but [adv] [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mostly I imagined you asleep , left utterly to yourself in a situation where my own absence from your life did not matter : |
| 2 | And when you think of a man earning about at the most two pounds ten shillings a week , one and sixpence was quite a sizable amount out of it , but eventually he paid it all off . |
| 3 | But eventually I got it right , I had to — I could n't do the advanced course without the basic one under my belt . |
| 4 | This group has long been noted for its breadth of vision but nevertheless it took them some time to realise the unique advantages of the photosynthetic ‘ mechanisms ’ in plants and thereby to derive what may be an original approach to the problem . |
| 5 | But not everybody saw it that way at the time . |
| 6 | And he listened , he would n't really say what he had been doing , but later he showed me some of the things he 'd done in the Hebrides . |
| 7 | At first it had been like being spied on , but now she forgot them most of the time , except when she wanted to do something she should n't . |
| 8 | He had heard that Newgate was a hell-hole but now he experienced it first hand and understood why some prisoners went quickly insane . |
| 9 | But today he cut them each two thick slices , beautifully juicy with blood . |
| 10 | Meredith thought she detected a gentler tone creeping into his words , and felt comforted , but then he spoilt it all . |
| 11 | ‘ But then he gave me half an ounce on credit . |
| 12 | At first it was quite sweet and enjoyable , but then I found it sickly and thick . |
| 13 | But then it cost them sixteen thousand did n't it ? |
| 14 | But again I found it difficult to be rude . |
| 15 | As the family grew up the wife could take a less active part in the farm work especially when the son left school but occasionally they found it difficult to settle back into a domestic routine . |