Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew that telling them would be hard but nothing prepared me for their anger and grief during our final month together . |
| 2 | ‘ I was expecting it to be bad , but nothing prepared me for this ! ’ |
| 3 | I have seen photographs of orca , both still and movie , close-up and underwater , but nothing prepares me for the sight of a real one that scythes out of the water 100 metres or so away from the boat . |
| 4 | When told how Evans had been rumbled , St Helens chairman Eric Latham said : ‘ It 's news to me — but nothing surprises me anymore . |
| 5 | But nothing gave me the right to say it now . |
| 6 | But everyone says I have a nice complexion . |
| 7 | But everyone advised me to forget about it as soon as possible . |
| 8 | Then , giving him no chance to respond , she said , ‘ I was christened Paula Mary Josephine , but everyone calls me Polly . ’ |
| 9 | I realised Michael could save me maybe five years of work , but I figured I 'd rather go slow and steady than to go fast and have it all fall apart . |
| 10 | I thought of it at one ti me , but I knew I 'd make a mess of it . ’ |
| 11 | They all seemed pleased , as if I belonged ; but I knew I would leave them again before summer , would walk out of the brightly lit play , and go back to the shadows and solitude of fiction . |
| 12 | ‘ I was champing at the bit , but I knew I needed a break , ’ he says . |
| 13 | I did not really have the heart for such things , but I knew I should be interrogated on my return , and I was aware that she was merely trying hard to push me into normal post-war life . |
| 14 | But I knew I would be leaving Hawaii in January . |
| 15 | However , I did not find the professional ambience all that conducive , but I knew I had to do something with my voice . |
| 16 | As a concession to the New Wave I wore a black shirt , black jeans , white socks and black suede shoes , but I knew I had uninteresting hair . |
| 17 | But I knew I had something to offer and that 's why I wanted to come back and be a manager again . |
| 18 | I was obsessed with the way they looked , but I knew I was n't being told the whole story about them . ’ |
| 19 | We also had Robert Mitchum and Richard Widmark in the cast , but I knew I 'd have no problems with them . |
| 20 | But I knew I had to look , so slowly I peeped round the door . |
| 21 | ‘ I had no previous experience of minefields , but I knew I had to do something , ’ Dennis said at RAF Stafford . |
| 22 | ‘ It was second nature to look at the linesman but I knew I was on . ’ |
| 23 | But I knew I could trust you , and that at least you would believe me . |
| 24 | ‘ Everyone was watching me but I knew I did n't need to go fast . |
| 25 | But I knew I was stalled personally and that eventually my career would stall . ’ |
| 26 | But I knew I must try to feed if I was to survive . |
| 27 | But I knew I must be careful , careful . |
| 28 | ’ My friend looked at me and said , ‘ Do n't be so bloody stupid ’ , but I knew I was right . |
| 29 | I did n't know what an epidural was , but I knew I would n't have any pain so it was okay by me . |
| 30 | But I knew I had become involved in something too uniquely bizarre to miss , or to spoil , through lack of patience or humour . |