Example sentences of "but we [vb past] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are few passenger-boat services up and down the Egyptian Nile railways and roads are quicker — but we hoped to find a felucca to hire for the day . |
| 2 | Not many ticks had been added to our bird list , but we 'd earned a very fine tick for our lizard list ! |
| 3 | If it was like seeing a long lost friend again after twenty-seven years , Darby O'Gill was comfortingly predictable with touches of the old sparkle but we had lost a lot of common ground as I had moved from a place of romance and innocence through a world of cynicism and calculated sophistication . |
| 4 | Ah ah it was but it was sanctioned but we had to sign a contract with them . |
| 5 | Clinically no problem was seen but we preferred to place a second stent , more proximally , overlapping the first one , to correct this angulation . |
| 6 | I grew up in an area that did n't have any live theatre to speak of , but we did have a local cinema house , and I was just in awe of this thing called the cinema . |
| 7 | But we did have a lot of fun . ’ |
| 8 | But we did have a church near us , and that church had a school . |
| 9 | We did n't have an explosion but we did have a big fire . |
| 10 | Very quick it was but we did have a nice bath did n't |