Example sentences of "but [pers pn] see [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd mentioned someone who would help me , but I saw only Shadwell ahead of me . |
| 2 | Three guys hijacked it from the Company 's yard but I saw then and climbed into the refridgeration unit at the back . |
| 3 | ‘ I had intended to become an Anglican priest but I saw more dark than light . |
| 4 | ‘ I had intended to become an Anglican priest , but I saw more dark than light . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't hang about long , but I saw enough to convince me that all that rubbish about Melanie 's frigidity was pure invention on your part . ’ |
| 6 | But I see now that the end is something farther , higher , more utterly frightful . |
| 7 | ‘ But I see now there 's no point in hiding them any longer . |
| 8 | And it 's the same for the boy ; I thought I could keep him from it , but I see now I ca n't . |
| 9 | It was excepted that that , in a lot of cases wives were expected to give their jobs up when they 're married , but I see now the mo , my er , not my own children but my young nieces and nephews , the men , th the husbands are present at the birth of their children , they are enchanted , they are making fantastic fathers because they are taking responsibilities ! |
| 10 | ‘ I had made up my mind to put this proposition to you today , ’ he said , ‘ but I see now that this was not the right moment to approach you , ma petite . |
| 11 | So he had , but I see very clearly now that he 's a double-dealer capable of any mean trick . ’ |
| 12 | Only see one way in which we are like God is in having moral and spiritual capacities no other creature has moral and spiritual capacities , they do not of the potential to worship , they do not of a code er , er , of moral laws , they 're not governed by that , it 's a case of , of the , might makes right , it 's a case of the strongest the one that survives and the weakest goes to the wall you 've only got to look er at a litter of pups and the last one is the one that 's pushed to the back every time is n't it , there 's no moral law there , those pups and the , and the bitch does n't er work out , that because that one is weaker it should be getting more , more nourishment , it should be cared for better , it does n't work like that in any thing else , but God has placed within humanity a moral responsibility and his place within as a spiritual capacity , were more than just animals , were created in his image , so God created us , capable of knowing him and growing to be like him and in his original creation they 're in need of , the , the , the highlight of it was when he came down and communicated and talked with Adam and Eve there in the garden and shared his heart with them and there was this perfect commune between God the creator and man his creation , he never did it to any animal , he did n't go and talk to the trees and the plants perfect though they were , he never looked on any of the other creatures that he had made , wonderful though they may be , beautiful in their colouring , and go and talk with them , but he talks with Adam and he shares his heart with him his purpose is that Adam should communicate with him and walk with him and has fellowship with him , growing to be like him , but you see even though God created us like that , he did n't create us as puppets , it was n't God up in heaven pulling the strings and Adam did that and Eve did this and that was how it were , God is not a puppeteer and he made as capable of choosing good and evil , he gave us moral choices , because he made us his moral beings and so we could choose to do this and not to do that , we could choose to , to do this and to leave the other undone . |
| 13 | you see and like eighty six , now this year , I shall be eighty seven but you see when it comes to the end of the year , the turn of the year , I 'll still be eighty seven |
| 14 | But you see when he living with Ange , maybe he were younger then , but I mean like , when he were living with Ange , he had all the women as you know , plus he had Kay , plus he had , you know , Ange , he had everything , there was Kay , as well , were n't he , now he ca n't . |
| 15 | Yes but you see when you get out of here about seven times between half past six and eight o'clock at night |
| 16 | Leave my handbag alone but you see when it was in the window Jane I thought it looked a bit too light , but I think what makes it look like that is they 've got the light shining |
| 17 | But you see when we 're in Spain we sit rou , rou of the swimming pool and we play that |
| 18 | Put it on at seven o'clock er Emmerdale Farm , but you see when it goes on you feel as though you 're tongue tied all be completely anonymous these are all same , but they 're different |
| 19 | but you see when you smoke all your damn life what do you expect ? |
| 20 | But you see practically anywhere here would be within Christopher 's |
| 21 | but you see there , that I was saying to Penny |
| 22 | I do n't want to break any rules , but you see how it is . ’ |
| 23 | But you see how calm I am ? |
| 24 | But you see now why Salome 's job is vital . |
| 25 | But you see now of course , that was when there were River |
| 26 | But you see now , the shortage of good timber |
| 27 | But you see now come in for dinner after my dinner |
| 28 | no tail oh dear oh dear but you see then of course and I was still not married but you see I , as I say , then I went to Cambridge and that 's when I met my husband and all his family were so kind to me , er he had erm two sisters living in a flat round the backs , you 've heard of round the backs |
| 29 | Yeah , but you see then he 's at fault I mean like yesterday he come in he said he 's got to drop off at Milton Keynes and he said I , I , he were n't due to be dropped until what half past ten ? |
| 30 | So I said ‘ Well , there 's no need to be frightened of him , he would n't touch you ’ , but you see then somebody was talking to me on the phone last night and said the same thing ‘ We do n't come any more to say prayers as we go through the churchyard because we 're frightened ’ . |