Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I summoned all my German and asked the maestro if I could do it myself . |
| 2 | It is unfortunate that the talk comes quite so soon after Christmas , but I hope all members living locally will make every effort to come and I know that they will be glad they did . |
| 3 | ‘ I spent a lot of time attending to it , but I ran all the way , which is good enough , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've made your point , but I heard all these objections at the veterinary congress . |
| 5 | And they put these chilies in my garlic bread , the peppers rather , but I ate all my peppers , and Charlotte could n't eat theirs . |
| 6 | No , but I mean all I can say is basically erm |
| 7 | You know I mean , oh oh di you know I mean it 's to theorise , I suppose but I mean all it takes really is to have three bins . |
| 8 | That 's right , but I mean all I want it for is the erm |
| 9 | I want to write , always , but I lose all my courage when I read Virginia Wolfe or V. Sackville West or … or … |
| 10 | ‘ But I finished all the food … |
| 11 | Not only do I have a personal knowledge of Svend 's appearance but I know all the most likely places to look . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But I know all about you , remember ! |
| 13 | I says no I 'm his brother-in-law but I know all his details and I said , he was n't here ! |
| 14 | But I suffered all next day . |
| 15 | Well , Here it is , but before we start you may be surprised by the things that happened , but I promise all my tale is true . |
| 16 | Of course , I 'm very committed to social change , but I leave all that behind me when I get back here . |
| 17 | This , I should stress , was a successful conversation — and the example could of course be extended , to include the times when we talked simultaneously , or interrupted each other , or gave multiple answers to the same question , as well as the times when there was unintelligibility , resulting from two of the four participants talking with their mouth full — but I leave all these to your imagination . |
| 18 | Erm no , he does help me a few things but I do all the digging for him because he ca n't bend down too much . |
| 19 | Oh he does , he gives er his secretary and switch board girl a box of chocolates and a bottle of wine and but I do all the Christmas cards |
| 20 | The two young girls , I predicted , would not find such changes so difficult to accommodate , but I did all I could to see that Mrs Clements suffered the least adjustments , to the extent that I undertook for myself a number of duties which you may consider most broad-minded of a butler to do . |
| 21 | But I did all the work of a Queen and I needed friends too . |
| 22 | But I want all my friends to know that there is not any weakening of affection . |
| 23 | But I want all Ensigns to put in at least half an hour 's hard digging with the troops between now and then . |
| 24 | ‘ But I loved all that beautiful furniture and the tea she gave us . |
| 25 | ‘ But I have all the rooms to get ready for the guests that are arriving … ’ |
| 26 | I do n't think of myself that way of course , but I enjoy all the attention . |
| 27 | I meant to phone up this morning for an appointment for Doctor , but I forgot all about it . |
| 28 | Then I went back to the basics again … but I think all guitarists go through that , do n't they ? ’ |
| 29 | But I think all the time where you have to keep on fighting all the time , so now like you get so mouthy in the end you ca n't shut up , you know [ laughs ] , you end up winning the argument 'cos you ca n't shut up , like . |
| 30 | Erm and I do n't know whether that 's the case either but I think all those factors are rolled in together in terms of future strategy . |