Example sentences of "but [adv] [pron] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a different David but thankfully he soon got out of it all , ’ she says . |
| 2 | Once or twice she said , ‘ It 's not right for you to have so much to do , Em , ’ but mostly she just took the tea and sipped it and looked at Emmie as if she was n't anyone she knew very well , any more . |
| 3 | Sometimes she wandered quietly about with measures and notebooks , but mostly she just sat and watched and listened . |
| 4 | But mostly I just felt my power ! |
| 5 | ‘ The boy waited ages at the open front door after he had delivered it , ’ he said , ‘ but eventually he just rode away . ’ |
| 6 | Individually , all their features were beautiful , but altogether they just missed being wholly lovely . |
| 7 | But perhaps they simply had n't been able to check out all the prints they 'd found anyway . |
| 8 | But perhaps they still had a future life together . |
| 9 | Apart from the fact that I 'd put my make-up on badly in my haste , I looked fairly normal — a bit flushed , maybe , and my eyes seemed unusually bright , but perhaps they only looked that way to me . |
| 10 | But it was pleasant to feel safe and looked-after , and another nice thing was that nobody remarked on , or even appeared to notice my absence of rings — except the Matron , who was inclined to toss her head a bit as she passed me , but perhaps she just had a tic . |
| 11 | But perhaps she also identified in John the orphan she half recognized herself to be . |
| 12 | But aloud she merely said , ‘ I 'll ask Jean to prepare the room for her . ’ |
| 13 | Any production of ‘ A Midsummer Night 's Dream ’ with a host of well-known film stars , plus music by Mendelssohn , could not help but be of interest , but apparently it never did make a box-office fortune for MGM . |
| 14 | Then , in response to my crestfallen look , he added kindly : ‘ Of course you did not look gay — you 're no screaming queen — but nevertheless I just knew . ’ |
| 15 | But tonight I never had before , yeah ah yeah ! |
| 16 | Normally Desmond was pleased to hear that his brother was doing his share of what he privately called ‘ oldie watching ’ , but tonight he merely said ‘ Good ’ , with a preoccupied expression on his face , and made for the hall . |
| 17 | ‘ After Dad died she promised we would visit Italy together , but somehow we never did . |
| 18 | The Ministry did tell us not to waste effort growing flowers , but somehow one always felt they were not quite as right as they might have been on that one . |
| 19 | and somehow I do n't know how , but somehow they always knew when the train was being loaded up with tanks and then that was the night we would get a raid and of course , you see , they all ra tried for the station . |
| 20 | But somehow I just managed to miss Leading Aircraftsman by two per cent when I passed out . |
| 21 | Frustrating it was , but somehow I still had a good night out . |
| 22 | But somehow I always feared that one day she would return to claim what 's hers . |
| 23 | I wondered about it , but somehow I never got around to asking . ’ |
| 24 | The lieutenant had n't gone fifteen yards before the first bullet hit him , but somehow he still managed to carry on until he reached the wire . |
| 25 | Rory knew Fergus was aged with Kenneth , but somehow he always seemed older . |
| 26 | She was nice , but somehow it just did n't feel right … ’ |
| 27 | I came up here thinking I would ; I assumed I 'd need to offload on somebody , but somehow it never seemed to be the right time to introduce the subject . |
| 28 | She would have handed over to one of her colleagues , but somehow she just felt this case needed her personal attention . |
| 29 | She was a popular pupil but somehow she always felt that she was set apart . |
| 30 | But somehow she never saw it until afterwards … |