Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [adv] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But I came home and feeling I could relate all I 'd |
| 3 | I do n't know what the hell I said but I went back and did it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Three guys hijacked it from the Company 's yard but I saw then and climbed into the refridgeration unit at the back . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I was n't at all sure I was doing the right thing but I got up and started towards him as he finally got the clip to slide into the gun and snick home . |
| 9 | but I got upstairs and it was just a lot of people going That was weird though like couples disappearing in rooms and sort of |
| 10 | Well I think er yeah I definitely have to agree with you that we 're not hearing enough of them but I suppose more and more now people are starting to record you know a little bit more of the older stuff and I think what 's happened on the pop scene that they 've absolutely dried up as regards er creating new music you know and people are going into computerized music now and you know everything is played on the one machine and it 's getting like a er I do n't know it 's as as if you do n't really have to be a musician any more . |
| 11 | But I sway back and Mop another satisfying crosspunch on his ear to send him stumbling after his haymaker , and when he shambles round to face me he 's as wide open as a mother 's welcome . |
| 12 | But I sat there and listened to the bells . |
| 13 | but I sat down and we had n't actually done the lecture well I could n't do this other one because I did n't understand this |
| 14 | Okay , maybe I should know all this by now , but I do n't and I bet there are a lot of new readers who also read the mag and in many of the reviews there comes a point where they say to themselves , ‘ what 's one of them ? ’ |
| 15 | I want to say no but I do n't and I throw her a coin , aiming for her gut . |
| 16 | In a letter to Minnie , who seemed the natural recipient of the account she wished to give , she described how — when first she was taken ill Minnie , which I expect you have heard of from Miss Arabel , who I dare say was given a terrible fright as were we all , many despaired of her life but I did not and I am pleased to say my faith was justified . |
| 17 | I was very nervous and worried I might damage the fish , but I did n't and she has suffered no ill effects . |
| 18 | But I did n't and I daresay both wool and washing machines have improved over the years ! |
| 19 | ‘ I still could n't see anything , of course , but I knelt down and groped about with my hands . |
| 20 | But I turned round and watched what Mum was doing , avoiding looking at the bed . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I 'd better get that washing on and think about a dinner , ’ Victoria said ; ‘ but you go along and see what 's happening and we 'll talk about that when you come back … . ’ |
| 22 | you 're not too sure what he wants , he 's agreed to see you next week , he does n't know why he 's seeing you but you go back and you present , so try and overcome rejection but the thing was he wants to in the first place . |
| 23 | I know it 's not your fault , but you come here and we chat about the family , I say too much and , suddenly , we 're talking about murder ! ’ |
| 24 | But you come back and they know you . |
| 25 | and of course , you know , you er er you 'll get hold of all this as the more we do erm but you lost your way on the diagram by giving him too much I think and , and er the referrals you sort of lost at one point but you come back and reclaimed it did n't you ? |
| 26 | You did n't like being woken in the middle of the night for ice cream , but you sat up and ate it in bed before it melted to please your father . |
| 27 | " But you do n't and I do n't hate you " |
| 28 | Everything tells you that the sea is there too , off to the right — but you look over and find , between yourself and the sea , two expressways , acres of docks and refineries and , beyond all of this , a massive breakwater . |
| 29 | Annie must have been tired , but she drove quickly and cleverly , overtaking on the narrow road when she could and leaving Ellwood stranded . |
| 30 | But she lived there and she died there . ’ |