Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in fact the first time she had thought of such a thing , and it did not seem to be a very good idea , but nothing irritated her more than being addressed in that Listen With Mother voice ( particularly as her daughter-in-law spoke to her children quite normally ) and it goaded her to contrariness . |
| 2 | Tuathal said , ‘ If you mean , did any of our Fife men defect , then the answer is yes , but I killed them both . |
| 3 | But I noted them all down with the dignified " we " , for he and I now agreed . |
| 4 | But I took him first to Connor 's Quay to join a sh erm ship there . |
| 5 | As the first one had managed to flutter down , it seemed that the rest should be able to do the same , but I judged it safer to load them into a cardboard box and lower them gently . |
| 6 | Yes , I have the slip somewhere , and my father I did n't keep it but my father must have kept it , but I discovered it one day and it was seven and thruppence I think for the first week 's pay . |
| 7 | I was unresponsive and kept joking with him about it — but I made it clear I was n't interested . |
| 8 | Some may find this tedious , but I enjoyed them all . |
| 9 | Not that I will be changing anything in the immediate area of the shelf at the base of which the bait lies , but I thought it better to give the carp a profound liking for the swim before even one stalk of rush or one lily pad was removed . |
| 10 | I do n't want to sound a snob but I thought it vulgar . |
| 11 | I unlocked the passenger door of the Transit for them but I thought it best not to open it for them or offer them a hand up and in . |
| 12 | I wanted to trail her back home but I thought it best not to go to too fast |
| 13 | ‘ But I promised you that painting on your wedding day , and I had to send it . ’ |
| 14 | At some time during my second afternoon at the centre , a Bonny Baby competition was held , but I missed it all in a blur of Mickeys . |
| 15 | ‘ I could not get a pardon for Simon , you know that , Brother , but I showed him one last mercy . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But I wanted it all to be as it used to be so I said I 'd rather do it myself . ’ |
| 17 | But I loved it all the same . |
| 18 | It was expensive , high tech , brutal and , I do n't doubt , ecologically unsound but I loved it all . |
| 19 | We agreed that the accusation was obviously nonsense , but I warned him that rape , like child abuse , was a powerfully charged topic at present in England . |
| 20 | I do n't know if he 's gon na start it again , but I stopped him bloody ! |
| 21 | I apoligise for putting a long list of questions to the Minister , but I gave him advance notice and I hope that he will answer most of them . |
| 22 | A tinker accosted me in the bar , asking for a glass of brandy , but I gave him short shrift . |
| 23 | No , I , I was gon na do it but I gave you that other half for Marie |
| 24 | was going to say check it in the book but I gave you wrong one . |
| 25 | This is fine in principle , but I found it awkward in practice . |
| 26 | Invaluable experience , of course , but I found it frustrating in that , so often , I was n't able to see cases right through . ’ |
| 27 | The smaller diameter tube tended to choke with shavings , but I found it cheap and well worthwhile to buy another large section suction tube . |
| 28 | This was all very necessary , but I found it dull stuff indeed after the immediacy of Ultra . |
| 29 | The man in the bushes by the gate still worried her but I found it easy to isolate him from our friendship , although she felt now that he was trying to gas her ; the fumes from someone 's central heating outlet , discernible on the otherwise pure air , had inspired and confirmed her in this idea . |
| 30 | A little unsteadily I wandered away to the library , but I found it difficult to concentrate on the uses of the Russian Imperfective . |