Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ The van was not there at 6pm but I noticed it a little bit later . |
| 2 | But I told him the best publishers to try — the pink-ohs , you know . |
| 3 | But I gave her a cold stare and fluffed my fur out ; I could n't have her thinking I was a pushover . |
| 4 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |
| 5 | Good try — but you got it the wrong way round ! |
| 6 | But she offered me a nice sunny room under the eaves at the back . |
| 7 | Er so I 'm gon na have them but she showed me the small room , what they call the small room , well that was huge well it will be perfect for what we want . |
| 8 | He waved to me , but she gave me a menacing glare . |
| 9 | I intended to ask the Baronessa Dulcibene why she had come to pay her last respects to this mysterious Englishman but she gave me a glassy look of non-recognition and moved rapidly away with her companion . |
| 10 | She had been disappointed in her first sight of him , but she gave him an amused little smile , hoping that he was not one who doted on cats . |
| 11 | But they called him the un-canny Scot . |
| 12 | The arguments were upsetting , but they gave them a burning desire to win — to prove officialdom wrong . |
| 13 | I was certain he did n't know I was following him , but he led me a pretty dance almost as if he was trying to lose me . |
| 14 | One eveing I dared to stretch out my hand to his plate , but he struck me a sharp blow over the back of my fingers . |
| 15 | He was ever so sorry not to see you but he wished you a merry Christmas . ’ |
| 16 | But he thought it a reasonable request to ask for a route and he took himself away to Tara 's great map room to procure maps for them . |
| 17 | But he gave me a good smile and a big goodbye when I left him so . |
| 18 | But he gave me a hard time . |
| 19 | There was enough dirt on his knees to grow potatoes , and his short trousers obviously belonged to someone at least three years younger , but he gave her a toothless grin , slid back in his seat and picked his nose . |
| 20 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 21 | A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely . |
| 22 | One of them , Stuart Surridge , did not live to see the production , which is dedicated to him ; but he gave it a memorable quote when he reflected on his Surrey players of the 1950s , with whom he won five consecutive County Championships : they were a great side , he recalled : ‘ All they wanted was a kick up the arse ! ’ |
| 23 | It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time . |
| 24 | But it took us a long time to actually get to that stage because er , the police are at fault , the police launch these schemes and they go away and say get on with it and off we go |
| 25 | But it gave her a clear view into the houses backing on to the tracks , the private mess usually tidied out of sight , the outside lavatories with unhinged doors , the laundry racks flimsy as the skeleton of a bird 's wing , with trousers and underwear like broken feathers hanging ; a burst , sodden mattress . |
| 26 | It hardly made him a frequent visitor , but it gave him a few numbers to ring . |
| 27 | It was dead right but it gave me a tough act to follow and only Joyce 's famous ‘ George , do n't do that ’ would fit the bill . |
| 28 | I ducked so fast I was n't sure whether he 'd seen me or not , but it gave me a prickly feeling just to imagine it , so I scuttled for the door and legged it up the spiral stairway three steps at a time , just in case . |
| 29 | I simply watched an American T V news item , but it gave me a frightening vision of what the future could hold in store for us , unless we fight the Tory policies with all our might we can muster . |
| 30 | ‘ It was a strange situation , but it gave me a unique opportunity to work alongside the workforce under difficult conditions . |