Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How far all this was homesickness or a defensive strategy against ( anticipated ? ) rejection by the surrounding community , or just sheer stubbornness , I now ca n't tell , but I knew even then that it had nothing to do with the world in which I was trying to live . |
| 2 | But I knew straight away that you and that handsome husband of yours just had to be Leos ! ’ |
| 3 | I would have loved to have stayed because I really enjoy things like that , I love discos and get up and have a dance but I knew damn well that if I did I 'd be absolutely shattered today and I , I just would n't be with it so I , I said to Matthew I 'm going up . |
| 4 | No doubt my readers will have bigger and better examples of the persistence of facies which so fascinates me in this chapter , but I write as far as possible from my own experience . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I did n't get up Sunday , then I thought I 'd better go in to work on Monday , but I came home early and I 've been in bed ever since . ’ |
| 6 | It 's in my Quarter , of course — I do n't know how long he 's been dead but I went up there and the doctor was still there . |
| 7 | Oh it started in the end , I think it was the er starter motor , but I went home again and took Mandy 's car instead , because I thought I do n't want it to play up tonight , you know , in the car park so I 'll have to check it out tomorrow afternoon . |
| 8 | But I remember quite well when the first incandescent gas mantles came in . |
| 9 | That would have been rather But I come out here but I can not see you know you can just just get them I seen some in that |
| 10 | He defined shared values in the 1980s in the broadest sense , But I maintain not only that it is valid to speak about shared values in that sense , but also that it is that commonality that defines us as a society . |
| 11 | I mean , I 'd like to do the things that , my hobbies , but I go out there because I care and I see that I feel that it 's necessary to , to actually stop these people tormenting an animal for fun and if I 'm that concerned about animals , I 'm not gon na stoop to hurt a horse , or or the hounds ! |
| 12 | Bob quelled her with a look , but I noticed slightly later and indeed all evening that she stuck very closely to his side , which could have been interpreted as her own insecurity if I had n't remembered Mackie saying that meek little Ingrid never gave Bob much chance to stray with the likes of Angela Brickell and God help him if he did . |
| 13 | But I know also now that you love me . |
| 14 | ‘ But I know perfectly well that your welfare services would have put her into a home , if she was as poor as you claim — ’ |
| 15 | Val did a brilliant job getting everyone else to Le Bourget using public transport ; I went on the bike with no map and only a vague idea where Le Bourget was , and every Frenchman I asked just waved me straight on ( lies ! ) , but I got there somehow and we had a very enjoyable , if unscheduled , visit . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , this might come as a surprise to you , but I felt safer here than down there . |
| 17 | But I doubt very much whether there are any claims now outstanding which are not statute-barred , in respect of children stillborn before 22 July 1976 or any children born before that date , who are locked in litigation with their mothers over whether the mother tasted alcohol or followed a diet other than that recommended by the current phase of medical opinion during pregnancy . |
| 18 | But I decided fairly quickly that once the reins were in somebody else 's hands , and that somebody knew exactly what they were doing , there was no point in coming back . ’ |
| 19 | I went , erm I have n't for a while , I said but I do very occasionally cos I he goes |
| 20 | Moderator it may seem a little strange to resist this er addendum but I do so really because er it 's never a good idea to er to be amending what is in a sense a liturgical piece of work on the floor of the house . |
| 21 | Well again , I , I , I had to do it as a kid but I did n't afterwards but er , I er , tell you about this chap and I even went back and told him . |
| 22 | Well I want , now I want yeah well I understand but I wonder how long since they will leave it she 's already looked for an answ , you know she does n't get an answer , that 's the point , I should think by now he 'd |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't think he would do it to draw attention , but I believe quite genuinely that he was trying to amuse me . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I myself was much too young to question it at the time , but I found out later that there was a good deal of mystery surrounding his death . ’ |
| 25 | anyhow , but I found out now that they 're on prescription so , he said this morning you can have some more tablet , no I said I can get them off the old quack |
| 26 | He looked after Lucy during the day while I was at work , but I found out afterwards that he used to leave her a lot with my friends upstairs . |
| 27 | But you know perfectly well that I support the new settlement strategy , and therefore in consequence I do support erm general limitations on the growth of settlements and expansion of settlements within the greenbelt . |
| 28 | ‘ But you know perfectly well that they have portholes , ’ retorted the officer . |
| 29 | And he was about to add , ‘ But you know as well as I do there 's a reason in both cases , ’ but instead , he said , ‘ Well ! well ! |
| 30 | But you know as well as I do how banks hate having to call in loans — we 're much happier to keep our customers in business . |