Example sentences of "but i [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.

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1 I used to love riding , but I went over a jump seven years ago and the horse stopped , but I kept on going , and I fractured my back , so I thought , I 'm too old for that .
2 But I put on a bright new grin .
3 Everybody is making the bodies real small , but I scaled down a teeny bit and what I took off that way , I added in thickness , so it 's fat , like a Les Paul , so you can get that big , beefy sound .
4 ‘ I do n't like making excuses but I picked up a bug in Germany at the weekend and have n't been able to shake it off , ’ explained world No13 McManus .
5 But I slip down a couple of back roads and I find it soon enough .
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