Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I cared for you , Theodosia . |
| 2 | I know you are over age ( over 21 , she means , he said ) but I worry about you because of all that happened ( she means me being an orphan , he said ) . |
| 3 | The doctors say ‘ Forget it , ask a relative ’ but I speak to them . ’ |
| 4 | I did n't know the person but I knew of her and I knew a friend of mine went to her , this is the one that did seven years . |
| 5 | But I ran for them and won most everything , so it was good fun , and it also kept me off the streets , which pleased my parents . |
| 6 | But I ran in it and it felt fine . |
| 7 | With distant astonishment at her own efficiency , she heard her voice saying very clearly and reasonably : ‘ I do beg your pardon , but I came to you as the nearest house . |
| 8 | He might have had it for some long time , I do n't know , but I came across it in a drawer in the small bedroom when I was putting his clean linen away . |
| 9 | Now of course that 's er er the story but I went to them afterwards you see . |
| 10 | I could n't see how he could be alive , but I went to him . |
| 11 | It was a bit stiff , and squeaked , but I went through it and found myself in yet another garden , a smaller , even more enclosed one , with higher walls , a bit like an old Tudor tennis court . |
| 12 | And the Postman 's spectacle was covered in greenflies from the vigorous activity up the tree : " No , but I says to him " — " Really , all right " — " Well " — " and " — " Oh , you 've done it " — " Must go down to the " — " Taps , got to get some " went the song to the rhythm of empty beer bottles dropping into the side pocket receptacles of tree-holder number 29 on the dustmen 's route — and the tip-holding pockets for the dustmen were not full or anything cos the ladies had all forgotten their purses , and the paper , folding , crumpled , torn money had long since fluttered down from their knicker-elastic banks . |
| 13 | Yevgeniev , the King of the Boards , was leading into the home straight but I surged past him to take the gold medal . |
| 14 | No it 's down there , and in it er I wrote it last night actually when I was feeling pretty fucked off so it 's probably a bit out of order but I wrote to him and said erm tt Josh has been round this evening asking questions about what 's happened with his money erm and I think you 're really out of order . |
| 15 | She did not respond to this , but stared at him , until he spoke again , saying , ‘ I 'd have been along before now , but I heard about me father the very day when we last spoke , and so I had to go off straightaway to Newcastle . |
| 16 | But I heard about it in training . |
| 17 | I du n no I was n't there but I heard about it . |
| 18 | The ones with long wrist cuffs are not everyone 's favourite , but I insist on them . |
| 19 | No it 's , yeah well I know but I mean like it 's not the point whether she makes you laugh . |
| 20 | no he went off quick , but I mean before you , while I was getting the money |
| 21 | But I looked at it and I thought well I 'm being silly here because , it 's not keeping that for me , , you see he 's given me a bit of and |
| 22 | But I go for them cos of the bright yellow packaging ! |
| 23 | Dinner parties are my dread but I go to them because my wife , Eileen , enjoys them . |
| 24 | I have , I go round first , I report all the lame one , and I report all the good ones , you see , but I go round them all before I go down to see him . |
| 25 | I suppose everyone has but I hear about her a lot . |
| 26 | I think he probably is , but I bet against him . |
| 27 | I still fed it , but I recoiled from it . |
| 28 | But I swear to you , nor Farquhar nor I blinded you . |
| 29 | But I swear to you that 's not something I intend to pursue . ’ |
| 30 | Not that it mattered very much because he was living in my flat and was n't going to starve , but I said to him , there is only one way that you can make quick , ready money and that is going out in cabaret . |