Example sentences of "but we [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We never changed them very much , because we knew the path we were on , but we consciously spoke about them . |
| 2 | A sort of cat and mouse game followed , especially going up the long hill , but we eventually settled on a dead heat . |
| 3 | In 2 we examined the role of cohesive devices in creating coherence , but we also looked at their limitations . |
| 4 | We had n't gone as far as we would have liked , and it was touch and go until the very last moment , but we just squeezed past the point between Tanakeke island and the mainland . |
| 5 | They might on occasion last several days rather than one day or less , but we seldom heard of them lasting longer than two weeks or so . |
| 6 | But we never played to a tape , either . |
| 7 | That ai n't , that ai n't basically it , you do n't wan na do it , that is the main thing , I mean you never been one for wanting to go , I mean even when we lived in Jersey and you ai n't got any idea how small Jersey is , Val and John used to come to us , but we never went to Val and John 's , it 's hell all mighty getting him out , if I do n't go on me own , I do n't go . |
| 8 | No one , indeed , could have been more easy-going ; but we never got on close terms or found much in common during the four months we had been together since leaving England . |
| 9 | But , she said I 'm pleased with him so far , but we still got to be careful that 's why she made him have this collar . |
| 10 | Half of that went to countries in the European Community , but we still lagged behind other European countries . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , he was very generous to all his friends , but we always seemed to be in the wrong line . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But we always tried to be more sympathetic than most , and went out of our way to work with the people who wanted to use our stuff . |
| 13 | With an uncertain outlook for nineteen ninety three from our point of view it 's absolutely crucial to get costs in line we had obviously done cost-cutting during the previous two years , but we really needed to be sure that if revenues were not going to increase , we should n't wait for a recovery to bail us out . |
| 14 | But we only went for half a day at that period and then for a month or so then the troops went away again , we got back into our own school . |
| 15 | But we only looked in B & Q for that did n't we ? |
| 16 | It is true that by reason of its distance from the epicentre , the Vancouver region of CBC was outside the main force of ‘ the troubles ’ that beset our colleagues in eastern Canada , but we certainly suffered from the backlash , including political staff changes , cuts in programme budgets and overall policy alterations and counter-changes . |
| 17 | We were speechless , but we morbidly crept towards him when a sudden snap from the forest warned that someone was approaching and we ran along the beach then through the trees , hearts pounding , and gasping for breath . |
| 18 | Yes , but we definitely talked about that . |
| 19 | But we actually talked about things at an appropriate level . |