Example sentences of "but [subord] [pron] [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few well-to-do people , preferring a quiet existence , had built houses north of there , but once they had passed those and were driving along the Bloomingdale road , there were only isolated farmhouses and cottages . |
| 2 | Well a a a at the time , they 'd just changed over from the erm Tenants ' Development Association , to the Tenants ' Action Group , so it was a bit disorganized to begin with , cos we were still sorting out the , everything from what they 'd left over and things , so , but once we 'd got that all so once they 'd got that all sorted out , yeah , it was . |
| 3 | People complain about City prices and Leicester University class lists , but if we started printing all these digits even our most faithful readers would complain . |
| 4 | They were afraid to ta but if they 'd had that if they 'd told me to provide an extra coach for the Manchester as I was suggesting , Dougie would have come out and taken strips off them for You see . |
| 5 | But if I had said this to you three months ago would you have thought it worth the extra outlay ? |
| 6 | Someone recently said to me ‘ I 'm gradually getting over the death of my husband , but if I had realized all the extra work I would have I 'm not sure I could have coped . |
| 7 | No , but if I 'd said that |
| 8 | But if she had missed this one , she would be the laughing stock of her class . |
| 9 | On 9 September 1715 Bolingbroke wrote to James 's leading supporter in Scotland , John Erskine , sixth ( or , under another reckoning , eleventh ) Earl of Mar , to convey this and other bad news , but if he intended to discourage any immediate action he was too late . |
| 10 | ‘ But if you 'd loved each other — ? ’ |
| 11 | But if you 'd got enough fabric , you would have just done the same |
| 12 | They were as David and Jonathan , but if anyone had hinted such Jack would have poked him on the nose , and as for Charlie … |
| 13 | But before I had finished this wearisome task , the cheque arrived out of the blue . |
| 14 | Look at Elvis , he had everything that a man could desire , looks , talent , wealth — but after he 'd eaten all the cheeseburgers he could swallow , when he got bored chasing young girls in white panties , how did he spend his time ? |
| 15 | Owen loved the bustle of the bazaars , of the whole native city , in fact ; but after you had spent some time in them , especially when it was as hot as this , you felt an overwhelming need for space and air , and after forcing their way through the blocked thoroughfares of the Tentmakers ' Bazaar they were glad to emerge into the more open streets . |
| 16 | But though he had taken all my poetic power , and gave me some of his in return , he still remained himself , his own man , his own poet . |
| 17 | Campese dismissed the matter , but when he chose to put less confidence in the cover on the field and deliberately knocked down Peter Winterbottom 's pass , Bevan should have taken that as an admission that the so-far impregnable ‘ Gold Wall ’ was about to be breached . |
| 18 | She counted to ten as she had been taught when about to deliver a big speech , but when she tried to force some words of outrage from between her teeth her tongue clove to the roof of her mouth and the most she could do was make a small cry of protest deep in her throat . |
| 19 | But as they got to know each other Annabelle discovered that Steven liked the arts as much as the sciences/hiking as well as driving/driving cars as well as repairing them . |