Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't remember what band Petra 's in , but I seen them practise once . |
| 2 | Dad simply pushed her forward but I heard him whisper , ‘ Move along , yer 'olding up the service . ’ |
| 3 | I had my eyes closed to do this , but I heard him catch his breath . |
| 4 | ‘ But I heard you swear that you would track down her killer . |
| 5 | Obviously I could n't follow him up to his front door , but I saw him turn into the grounds . ’ |
| 6 | I could n't hear and was crying from the pain , but I saw him put his foot sideways into Marius 's midriff . |
| 7 | ‘ I could n't see his face very well because the leaves and branches were in the way , but I saw him climb the fence and steal the bulbs . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Sorry to be a pest , ’ Travis apologised , ‘ but I saw you come back without Naylor , ’ and while Leith was rapidly trying to find an excuse for her return to the house without the man everyone knew she had gone walking with , she found that Travis was too involved with his own miseries to want to delve into hers , for he went on , ‘ I 've been sitting in the library thinking about Rosemary , and getting more and more uptight about our situation , when you ran in and I started to think about phoning her . |
| 9 | As a scientist I can not believe it — but I saw it happen with my own eyes . |
| 10 | But I made him put his coat on . |
| 11 | ‘ I had the chance to go out when there were only four cars on the track , but I made them change the car which meant I went out in the busy section . ’ |
| 12 | They thought I meant for five seconds but I made them practise holding their tone for twenty or thirty seconds . |
| 13 | You wanted to abandon it by the side of the road , but I made you push it on , with myself taking short spells of pushing . |
| 14 | I 'm standing behind her feeling nice and cold and angry , but I let her ask the questions so I can see how this game is played . |
| 15 | Not a very lady-like expression if you ask me , but I let it pass . |
| 16 | I suspect Bunny probably meant that he once knew a Swedish waitress , but I let it pass . |
| 17 | He played a lot of great shots but I felt I beat myself . |
| 18 | No , but I did you drink your sherry ? |
| 19 | Ah yes , but I did it like , like that though . |
| 20 | The date on it used to be 1623 , but I see they 've changed it to 1610 , though I do n't agree with either of those dates . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been told you 're unhurt , but I see you 've picked up plenty of gore . |
| 22 | But I see you 've decided to go . |
| 23 | ‘ Mr Rochester , you should have sent that little girl — Adèle , is that her name ? — to school , but I see you have a governess for her . |
| 24 | It is still my principle , but I see you have to break principles sometimes to survive . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've known each other such a short time , but I feel I know you better than anyone . |
| 26 | Thank God I 'm fully recovered , but I feel I need a fresh look to make a new start . ’ |
| 27 | But I need his help more in maths . |
| 28 | ‘ You both have that golden skin , but yours makes one think of lovely geometrical planes , you 're all bone , she 's got bone too , but what one sees most is contour and colour — no , you are not remotely the same type , she could never be painted by a Modigliani or a Loulou , or a Piero for that matter , she is something between a Titian and a Gainsborough . ’ |
| 29 | And then when they get bigger you give them more and more freedom to do just what they want to do and all you do is watch carefully and make sure they 're not doing anything obviously , outrageously daft but you let them find themselves and if there are problems they bring their problems to you and you sit down and you quietly talk about it , there 's not shouting , no I say you 've got to do this because I am your parent ! |
| 30 | ‘ You mean , you knew all along , but you let me make a fool of myself ? ’ |