Example sentences of "but it [verb] me [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I wake up , I know summat 's up when I open my eyes and see it 's all bright , but it takes me a minute to remember where I am . |
| 2 | But it does please me that we fight back , I like that , but it displeases me the way we sort of go under a little bit . |
| 3 | I knew I made a mistake , marrying young , but it took me a while to work out what was wrong . |
| 4 | ‘ We saw each other around quite a lot but it took me a while to warm up . |
| 5 | I was on to the exchange for your name and number as soon as the news came through , but it took me an hour and a half to bully someone into looking up where the phone-box was . |
| 6 | It all began when I won New Faces , but it gave me a very big head . |
| 7 | I ducked so fast I was n't sure whether he 'd seen me or not , but it gave me a prickly feeling just to imagine it , so I scuttled for the door and legged it up the spiral stairway three steps at a time , just in case . |
| 8 | I knew there was nothing wrong with her lungs — the trouble seemed to be in the throat area — but it gave me a little more time to think . |
| 9 | It was dead right but it gave me a tough act to follow and only Joyce 's famous ‘ George , do n't do that ’ would fit the bill . |
| 10 | ‘ It was a strange situation , but it gave me a unique opportunity to work alongside the workforce under difficult conditions . |
| 11 | I simply watched an American T V news item , but it gave me a frightening vision of what the future could hold in store for us , unless we fight the Tory policies with all our might we can muster . |
| 12 | We never sold anything of course but it gave me a sort of status plus it was a very interesting time to be around the art world . |
| 13 | My father said the 17-horse power would use too much petrol , but it gave me a year 's pleasure before I swopped it for an A30 van . |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't explain , but it gave me the most terrible feeling . |
| 15 | Quite unwittingly you played right into my hands that night , Aurora — I knew you had n't been taking drugs , but it gave me the perfect excuse for sticking around . |
| 16 | ‘ You came to in the middle of it , unfortunately for you , but it gave me the opportunity to make a superficial examination . ’ |