Example sentences of "but it [verb] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My boyfriend and I have been going out for six weeks and everything is wonderful but it takes me honestly two hours to reach orgasm . |
| 2 | If I could manage to absorb a tablet in between the bouts of vomiting it did stop the sickness and bring a pain-free sleep — but it left me too exhausted to do anything about enjoying life . |
| 3 | On my last day there I was literally pushed out of a small news agent 's shop by a pair of youths for requesting a box of matches in English rather than in French ; I even tried my one and only French joke on them and said ‘ Quel fromage ! ’ but it got me nowhere — but out ! |
| 4 | But it struck me then how very wise he was to keep his sexy side so firmly battened down on duty . |
| 5 | Heaven knows I 've tried talking to him , but it gets me nowhere . |
| 6 | Of course I called her Mum , but it took me quite a little while to accept her as my mother . |
| 7 | The idea excites me but it scares me too , ’ she confesses . |
| 8 | ‘ Luckily it was n't malignant but it affected me mentally and emotionally and I was a bit of a mess . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , but it suits me perfectly , Luke , ’ she disabused him of the conceit with a blistering smile . |
| 10 | I destroyed the parasite but it wounded me badly . |
| 11 | ‘ I would like to believe that , Sir John , but it strikes me as false . ’ |
| 12 | I can not paint it as beautifully as that , but it absorbs me so much that I let myself go , never thinking of a single rule … |
| 13 | It 's a lot of bucks but it serves me right . ’ |