Example sentences of "but they [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I took speed — ‘ blues ’ , little blue tablets — to keep me awake , but they made me depressed , they made my testicles shrivel up and I kept thinking I was getting a heart attack . |
| 2 | They did not threaten me personally , but they made it clear that they could kill us all . |
| 3 | But they made it clear they hoped he would soon be on his way to the United States . |
| 4 | When any of our neighbours wanted firewood theirs was from old fish boxes , but they had it cheap at a penny a bowlful , and ‘ no tick ’ , ‘ cash on the nail , ’ as he said firmly . |
| 5 | The laws legalising homosexuality were a typical example of benign British hypocrisy , but they left us unprepared for much of the debate that would follow a then unforeseeable epidemic . |
| 6 | But they sent it first and most often to Faramir , who would no doubt have been a better choice . |
| 7 | They looked very strange , it is true , but they kept me dry in the rain . |
| 8 | But they stopped them last year did n't they ? |
| 9 | John did not want to see a doctor , but they overrode him this morning and had the quack in . |
| 10 | He was diffident — unlike Ernest who was good at all games — and preoccupied with his country pursuits , but they found him companionable ; himself capable of long hours of solitude , he could always find acquaintances ready to share his company for a time ; but only a few dedicated companions shared his exacting singleminded concentration on these occupations . |
| 11 | They had , but they found it difficult because you 'd got ta , got ta get a licence to keep them you see . |
| 12 | United , without the injured Franz Carr and suspended top scorer Brian Deane , had recalled Cork and Adrian Littlejohn but they found it hard going against a Rovers defence boosted by the return of Irish skipper Kevin Moran . |
| 13 | I tried to make no mistakes , but they called me naughty every moment of the day . |
| 14 | ‘ I would have brought a copy away but they wanted them all . |
| 15 | ‘ We rang your own number but they gave us this one … |
| 16 | what would happen if you , let's have a look at G , depends on , what would happen if you were still paying fifty pence , but they gave you four hundred , four hundred grams of chocolate , well you get eight grams per penny , this is another test that you got it the right way up , if it were still only two hundred grams , but you payed more money for it , let's say they charged you a pound , I think you 'd get less grams per penny . |