Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the rime his Jewish appearance did not strike me as peculiar because I had not yet got used to the idea of people thinking racially , but I learnt later that he was half Jewish and that he did this job to keep his Jewish wife out of trouble . |
| 2 | ‘ I shouted for someone to get him out , but I knew instantly that he could n't be saved . |
| 3 | ‘ I shouted for someone to get him out , but I knew instantly that he could n't be saved . |
| 4 | When they left , however , and I made the decision to stay , I knew it might be hard for me but I knew also that I was doing the right thing . |
| 5 | But I knew better than to broadcast those ideas around school . |
| 6 | but I hope however that he will be willing to go a few steps further . |
| 7 | Buster Watson was expected to win the 100 metres , but I came through and clocked 10.4 seconds for a personal best and a county record , which still stands . |
| 8 | But I came home and feeling I could relate all I 'd |
| 9 | I do n't know what the hell I said but I went back and did it . |
| 10 | But I remember too that it was always unwise to fuss too much over what was taken for then she becomes anxious herself and her throat seizes up and nothing can go down … oh , sir , she seems very ill . ’ |
| 11 | All I can remember is that I did n't much like the food , but I ate obediently and probably out of fear of giving offence . |
| 12 | Three guys hijacked it from the Company 's yard but I saw then and climbed into the refridgeration unit at the back . |
| 13 | But I wished fervently that I had been able to do more , and as I passed my hand along the richly coloured coat over the ribs the vast bandaged finger stood out like a symbol of my helplessness . |
| 14 | No but I mean well if he 's got three other flats |
| 15 | Well my free kick , he actually got a touch on that as well , he tipped it onto the post for the free kick yes , but I mean even when he bounced out to Mickey Lewis , one of their defenders got a great block from about two yards out to send it out for the corner , which luckily we scored from the corner , so that we got away with it then . |
| 16 | but I mean up until Stalingrad that was it , the , the Russian army was nothing , right , but as soon as Stalingrad came in every day |
| 17 | But I mean more or less so You 'll probably get a feel for when you 've got things . |
| 18 | But I mean really if the auditors do n't put , point out some of these things like the level of directors ' salaries and the level of erm ongoing deficit and blah blah blah which now come to light , I do n't see really how we can ever hope to discover them . |
| 19 | I was just saying to Malcolm how surprised I 'd been to see so many your men at Doreen 's funeral , but I shut up when the police arrived . |
| 20 | Seaweed and my parents back from the dead and objects come alive and sort of leer at me and sometimes I joyfully feel as if I 'm going to sink to the bottom of the ocean forever , but I wake up and then I do n't know what 's real . |
| 21 | Mum said how about renting one in Wisbech but I said well if she ca n't afford a mortgage you ca n't afford to rent one . |
| 22 | Well when Ken said about the headboard last week they were selling sheets on mini market I said pink ones and grey ones but I said not while they had the Christmas stuff in , it was before the Christmas stuff they must have taken them out you know I |
| 23 | I said well that 's what is , I said if you look at it the depreciation is so heavy compared with the income , and I said and the insurance as well but I said hopefully cos we have n't had any of er any claims at all this year you know , I said I know but all of the insurances of gone up , but I said I 'm hoping that we can sort of get the insurance down if possible so he said , yeah fair enough then . |
| 24 | Although I have Well I 've come through two wars and I remember the relief of Mathaking but I 'd sooner that I 've was born when I was . |
| 25 | When I first started to smoke a cigarette , I felt ill but I kept on because everyone else was doing it , but with sniffing glue when I first tried it I enjoyed it , it 's something I did enjoy , that 's the reason I started anyway . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But I know also that , as they continue with their royal duties and with bringing up their children , the Prince and Princess will have the full support , understanding and affection of this House and of the country . ’ |
| 27 | But I know better than to interrupt the hero with my babblings ; instead I ape the satisfied cadaver . |
| 28 | She makes my tea with the same water she boils the eggs , she says she do n't but I know better and you know what that does . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , we sent you away , Fergus , but I know now that we did not send you far enough . ’ |
| 30 | I still do n't know how Marianne found out about my father and my past — but I know now that you did n't tell her . ’ |