Example sentences of "but [adj] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to move away from him but that made it worse . |
| 2 | Anyway , there I was , going up this endless corridor , thinking what to do about the mother , who blamed herself — wi' reason mind you , she was one of those soft suckering witch-women , but that made it worse , not better — and there was th' trolley wi' the dead girl on it , sliding by me — sheet right over , porters in those soft theatre boots and floppy plastic bathcaps — and when they 'd got past me and were turning i n't door , the first one looked at me from under his plastic frills like , with my own face . |
| 3 | It was crowded inside , but that made it warmer . |
| 4 | Tony was supposed to have been singing in a Black Sabbath ‘ reunion ’ in the States , which did n't happen for him in the end , but that gave us some breathing space . |
| 5 | At first he had assumed that it was taking much longer than the boy had estimated or that his work on the Project was taking up his time , but this explained it all . |
| 6 | Most of the dissenting ( Covenanting ) ministers took other jobs and waited in hope for the ruling to be reversed , at peace with their consciences by having adhered to their principles , but many felt it incumbent upon them to continue with their vocation , preaching the gospel and making true Presbyterianism available to the people . |