Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | I enjoyed the congratulations and little bit of adulation , but I managed to keep some words of my father 's in my mind . |
| 2 | I 'm not a software expert or anything but I had discovered some interesting loop holes in procedures . |
| 3 | ‘ But I had to have some excuse , you see . |
| 4 | ‘ But I wanted to do some scuba ! ’ he said in outrage . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not down , I 'm still grazing the mountain but I wanted to get some planting done . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I was on my way to Rome , but I wanted to buy some new shoes in London . |
| 7 | I remember once I got on to Norton because there was this I wanted to get to but I did do some shepherding there , and that was another fun , carrying , and that 's a winter job , carrying the sheep hurdling , hurdles and stakes , I worked with a gypsy , a Romany gypsy , and he could n't speak very much , and tended to sing , as if something not quite right about him . |
| 8 | He says : ‘ I did n't miss years , but I did miss some very important times in their lives . |
| 9 | He says : ‘ I did n't miss years , but I did miss some very important times in their lives . |
| 10 | Enid : No , but I did get some pleasure from the abuse . |
| 11 | However , I did not make the wedding but I did get some of the grog and a piece of the cake , and kissed the bride by proxy ( her maid of honour was stand-in ) . |
| 12 | But you chose to make some rules . |
| 13 | But she had to give some thought to him , too . |
| 14 | In gale force winds , and weighed down by a camera around her neck , she just missed bringing us back a prize but she managed to capture some winning shots . |
| 15 | Meredith supposed Harriet would be fully committed socially over the Christmas period but she wanted to offer some token of hospitality , so she went across the road after breakfast and asked if Harriet would like to come over to lunch . |
| 16 | We did n't see any orchids but we did see some beautiful foxgloves and were lucky enough to catch sight of birds high above . |
| 17 | They were only eating what remained of the summer 's grass , but they had struck some chord in Mrs Monro . |
| 18 | but they 'd got some people coming and were very relieved when he said he 'd get a minicab to Reading . |
| 19 | Taxes on wealth at death have declined in effectiveness , but they did have some impact ; just as important were crashes in land prices in the 1930s and liquidation of foreign investment to finance war . |
| 20 | There was no sign of any sheep , but they did notice some strange-looking footprints in the earth by the house . |
| 21 | Dippy Martin had not seen anyone but he had spent some time at the top of the lane . |
| 22 | But he had had some valuable help . |
| 23 | He wanted to leave now too , but he had to make some kind of contact with the dead man first . |
| 24 | But it did take some time . |