Example sentences of "but i [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My knowledge of programming is limited to BBC Basic — I am a phonetician by training , but I learnt the basics of programming on a staff development course and then taught myself , using the Manual and advice from staff in the IT centre . |
| 2 | But I figured the jeans would n't last long . |
| 3 | But I knew the tune before its television debut , having learnt it from William C. Honeyman 's Strathspey , Reel and Hornpipe Tutor . |
| 4 | ‘ But I knew the Old Course was difficult . |
| 5 | But I knew the answer . |
| 6 | I went ahead and asked all the usual questions but I knew the answers already . |
| 7 | But I knew the answer to that . |
| 8 | The house is fairly modest as stately homes go but I knew the gardens were outstanding as soon as I glimpsed them . |
| 9 | But I knew the score before I moved to Ayresome Park last summer . ’ |
| 10 | But I knew the score before I moved to Ayresome Park last summer . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't recall precisely with whom , but I raised the concerns towards the end of nineteen eighty six or at , or at the beginning , beginning of nineteen eighty seven |
| 12 | The plane 's registration number was so faded as to be illegible , but I recognised the machine anyway . |
| 13 | ‘ I came back for pre-season perfectly all right and fit , but I twisted the ankle in the first minute of our first workout game against Brentford at the training ground . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I knew my club would hit the rock but I popped the ball up to 20ft and two-putted . |
| 15 | In any case other activities got in the way of getting to the Sunday services , but I managed the rehearsals and some weekday 5pm services . |
| 16 | Yesterday afternoon was misty and bitterly cold , but I walked the four miles to Wuthering Heights and arrived just as it was beginning to snow . |
| 17 | I had a perm on Friday and then rushed off to the dentist for an emergency white cement type filling to fill my Friday 13th loss ( ! ) — maddening to have to go back again as it is the other side of town , but I walked the two miles or so home , along with Bella . |
| 18 | But I took the point , for I am neither an institution nor an area of outstanding natural beauty . |
| 19 | But I took the brunt of their anger . |
| 20 | But I took the job . |
| 21 | But I took the insole out put her foot on the insole and her foot goes over the top of it . |
| 22 | no , but I took the bits that I wanted , and my bits and I 'll try and get on that |
| 23 | My wide feet found them a bit tight , but I swapped the footbeds for the Sanmarco ones , which are much thinner , and both pairs then fitted me better — a leaf taken from Merrell 's book . |
| 24 | " No , I was not : I 'm not a member of the South Tipperary Brigade , but I heard the details from one of the lads there , and they 've since been confirmed by the Big Fellow himself . " |
| 25 | But I heard the Town Hall was having one , not the Town , was it the Town Hall or Community Council having one between , I think it 's the Town Hall , between Christmas and New Year and really I do n't think it 's worth their while having them then . |
| 26 | I did n't even notice that , but I did notice her across the road at Mrs and know so right she 'd been there I just did n't notice where she went , but I heard the bell ring and I could see this anorak through there and me mind thought Mrs , perhaps it 's Mrs but then when I saw this this lady well I just did n't know what to think really . |
| 27 | And you seeing what you 're playing tonight , I thought I ca n't , but I heard the first thing der der der , but then it goes der der der |
| 28 | Well no , that was another thing more or less as I was coming out the door they 'd got the news thing on and this was Australia the new prime minister , I do n't know his name , he 's running down I did n't hear it properly but I heard the gist of it , erm and it |
| 29 | I only managed to see the second programme when still perhaps a little punch-drunk from over-exposure to Bournonville at the Copenhagen festival , but I relished the four examples of choreography by Mark Morris and Lar Lubovitch , particularly when they showed off Baryshnikov . |
| 30 | He was really going to buy cigars at the shop next door , but I saw the sugar mice in the window and he could n't get me away until he came in and bought some . |