Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They say bad luck comes in threes — but I hope this time that 's not true . ’ |
| 2 | it 's still a but it 's a different camp , but I wrote this time because what he tells us I forget , I do n't know if you 'll be able to read it or not so |
| 3 | But I remember one time one week , I had fifty cases of oranges in . |
| 4 | But I saw that time was much more like the growth of Mary 's reputation , devious and ambiguous , than it was like the straight line , moving remorselessly forward , which Western thought has forced it to prefigure . |
| 5 | During the Westland episode my worry beads got red hot on occasions , but I think each time you go through a corporate crisis of some sort , you 'd be silly if you have n't learned from the previous ones . |
| 6 | But I think next time I might have it cut short . |
| 7 | ‘ But I think this time it 's different in that teams will have to score two goals to beat us because we 're always going to get one . |
| 8 | ‘ People are often complaining about the council but I think this time they deserve some praise . ’ |
| 9 | In fact there were very few guide dogs at that time and erm I 've never felt that erm it 's , I mean maybe just my erm silliness really but I , I never wanted a dog lying about all day because once at the office I stayed put as it were until it was time to go home and I could have taken the dog I suppose during the lunch hour but I preferred that time to erm to reading |
| 10 | mhm Well , David Brian , now you 're a doctor and a reverend and your the curate at Christ Church in Abingdon , but you spent some time over there in Saints Mary and John Church . |
| 11 | She felt happier about Kathleen now that she knew that she had a champion in Ella , but she had little time to dwell on the O'Neills . |
| 12 | The weather was not too promising , but we made good time and were soon at the first terrace . |
| 13 | But we have some time before the treasure is found , and there are some honest men among the crew . |
| 14 | Bicker muttered to himself as he rode in front , but they made better time for the wind had not risen and the sun was almost warm . |
| 15 | The number of personnel is small but they work full time in the unit and are not concerned with the rest of the corporate planning department 's roles in the planning process . |
| 16 | Actives to be sure , serve God with their toil and outward activity , but they spend little time in inner quiet . |
| 17 | True , there was Crown prince Tupouto'a waiting in the wings , but he spent little time in Tonga and had a reputation as a playboy — a Farouk-like figure given to white suits and expensive lady friends . |
| 18 | Business is tough at the moment , but he loves this time of year , lambing is his favourite time and he 's a really good shepherd . |
| 19 | It was marvellous that it was all over , but it took some time to sink in , and in any event had no immediate effect on most of us . |
| 20 | Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision . |
| 21 | But it took some time before any clear view emerged as to what these new arrangements should be . |
| 22 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |
| 23 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |