Example sentences of "but [adj] time [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several times they set out to make their way across by what seemed to be a path but each time they were forced to stop . |
| 2 | But each time they were pegged back by United substitute Ward , who had not scored in 21 previous outings this season . |
| 3 | Any character may take this item , but each time it is used ( not just when it is worn ! ) , the wearer must make a successful WP test or suffer from despair for D10 turns . |
| 4 | This other emerged only now and then , but each time it was unexpected and frightening . |
| 5 | Three times , local architect Val Welham offered 110,000 pounds of her own money but each time it was rejected . |
| 6 | Twice before she reached the opposite bank Jenny missed her footing and plunged -chest-deep into the river , but each time she was able , to grasp the slippery stepping-stone and slowly haul herself up on to it . |
| 7 | Always there have been unembarrassed silences between us , but this time they are filled with their exhaustion . |
| 8 | The organisers are now raising the money to help re-create their own version of a Bridge Too Far … but this time they 're confident of a happy ending . |
| 9 | Yeah but this time they 're saying it 's a suicide |
| 10 | Yeah but this time they 're saying it 's a suicide |
| 11 | But this time they were wrong . |
| 12 | Indeed , the changes were very like the effects of irradiation with X- or ultra-violet rays , but this time they were being produced by a chemical instead of a physical agent . |
| 13 | But this time they were chemicals . |
| 14 | And , well , I was n't doing anything , so I just started writing songs again — but this time they were guitar-based songs and I was working on a Portastudio . |
| 15 | Before , they had produced some good samples but this time they were able to show me some fine quality knitwear including knitted underwear . |
| 16 | Usually police find out in advance about the location of such events — but this time they were caught out . |
| 17 | It accepts all the usual commands , but this time we 're giving NO hints as to what they are — that 's for you to discover ! |
| 18 | This is a similar sort of thing to passing current through , but this time we 're using it as a battery . |
| 19 | All right , we 're still going to have problems , but this time we 're going to face up to them and deal with them — together . |
| 20 | ‘ But this time we 're confident there will be no problem . ’ |
| 21 | But this time we were not restricted to looking at them , but could follow them . |
| 22 | She usually waves goodbye to men as casually as she greets them , but this time she is hooked . |
| 23 | Next day Elspeth went to mount the horse again , but this time she was chatting to a friend instead of listening to the horse . |
| 24 | She had a fund of such sayings , but this time she was proved maddeningly right . |
| 25 | ‘ Madonna likes being in the eye of the storm but this time she was safely tucked away in New York . ’ |
| 26 | But this time she was too late . |
| 27 | As before , the old man was slow coming to the door , but this time she was ready for him . |
| 28 | She returned to the club about a half-hour later , but this time she was changing her approach . |
| 29 | Claudia gasped ; it was Dana again , but this time she was n't alone . |
| 30 | That night she sneaked out of the house as usual , but this time she was carrying a case . |