Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb past] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everybody wanted that , but I had some contacts , I knew I could get in there . |
| 2 | But I had some pain passing water today . ’ |
| 3 | Erm , but I wanted some cash , so what I did in the end was walked round Asda remembered it , or thought I remembered it , came back out put the erm card back in and the terminal came up erm it 's ok . |
| 4 | ‘ I had a bit of a headache on Wednesday , but I did some running yesterday and training today and I 'm in great shape again . ’ |
| 5 | The restaurant was still standing but I suspected some unpleasantness had taken place as neither of them said a word until we arrived at the hospital again . |
| 6 | I said well now can I see his room , she said well really I 've cleared the room since he 's gone , but I found some papers in the room , which indicated that he was a convict on licence . |
| 7 | But I found some barbecue recipes and all that that 'd be good . |
| 8 | mhm Well , David Brian , now you 're a doctor and a reverend and your the curate at Christ Church in Abingdon , but you spent some time over there in Saints Mary and John Church . |
| 9 | No , but she had some credit cards , I thought . |
| 10 | She finished at the college at one but she had some shopping to do . ’ |
| 11 | But she had some information . |
| 12 | Hardly a day went by but she saw some lass or other picked up by them snots . |
| 13 | Mary said nothing , but she drank some tea and ate a little bread . |
| 14 | She would have no trouble catching him on paper , but she took some photographs just to make sure . |
| 15 | But she took some coffee and began to drink . |
| 16 | Midori Suzuki , spokesperson for FCT , reported that the Japanese public has so far been denied access to cable TV ( CATV ) , but she outlined some possibilities for access in the future . |
| 17 | The house , Wychwood , from which I like to think that Eliot derived the name in The Family Reunion , was easily within walking distance ; but we felt some responsibility for getting the great man from London without subjecting him to too much fatigue ; and if my brother reached home by a circuitous route , it was partly in order to show off the beauty of the place . |
| 18 | ‘ It was a hard-fought game , but we played some quality football and won 3-2 . |
| 19 | He agreed , but we had some difficulty in deciding what . |
| 20 | I knew almost nothing about physics but we shared some jokes about the Rome telephone system . |
| 21 | But we shoved some veg in it . |
| 22 | The man below could not have seen the movement , but he felt some shifting of the air above him , or heard , perhaps , if he had a wild beast 's hearing as he had its gait , the mere rustle of a sleeve against the stone . |
| 23 | I had some guys come up , and they were , they were really pissed off with me because , my mum sort of like , this guy just done this with th th the stall next door , but he left some stuff that he obviously already had things of , which he did n't think it was worth him buying , and this guy came round , and they were obviously from one of these , you know how you get erm , secondhand erm record stores |
| 24 | He bought a new radio for her though she said she did n't need it , but he wanted some evidence of what he was achieving , something in the flat that proved he was doing all right . |
| 25 | Granted , Vitor continued to blame her , but it represented some kind of progress . |
| 26 | The famous Marx Brothers ' contract scene in A Night at the Opera ( " The party of the first part shall be known in this contract as the party of the first part " ) exaggerated the worst excesses of legal drafting , but it had some basis in fact . |
| 27 | That 's right , yeah so I eventually managed it , but it took some negotiating . |
| 28 | But it took some while for the tractors to become available in other markets . |
| 29 | And then again I tell you you could use the enema , and that er but er mostly it would you know you would get right again , but it took some doing , not easy . |
| 30 | I knew what I had to do but it took some courage to switch that light on , I can tell you . |