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Example sentences for "but indeed"

  • But indeed he does, whether you think it or not.

  • But indeed I feel so confused about all the doings of that night that in attempting to describe them in order, I feel as if I were walking in a dream.

  • But indeed, papa, I am very full of care sometimes, though not perhaps about to-morrow precisely.

  • You will think me the most changeable of all the changeable; but indeed it is not my fault that I cannot, as I wished, receive you on Wednesday.

  • But indeed, my dear, I think you have nothing for it but marriage.

  • But I find I grow irregular while I am talking of her; but indeed it would be Stupidity to be unconcerned at such Perfection.

  • This looks like an imagined Picture to tell you, but indeed this is one of my Pastimes.

  • After this day he must be kept in the house, if possible, or looked to when he goes out; but indeed I fear that in a day or two he will not be able to go anywhere.

  • If that won't satisfy you it's hard to say what can; but indeed I think you ought to know by this time o' day how far a handsome face goes with them.

  • Thank you, but indeed, sir, I do not wish to accept it.

  • I am not a man given to soft words, nor am I accustomed to deal with children, but indeed I should be annoyed if I thought you were unhappy here.

  • Pray don't think me weak and fickle, but indeed, Mrs. Waul, some of my laurels gash like a crown of thorns.

  • But indeed, Ethel, don't say that I can let you leave off anything.

  • But indeed it is difficult--papa can so little bear to be harassed.

  • But indeed I wanted to have you to myself.

  • But indeed we're far from bein' worthy of the care He takes of us.

  • You think that I ought not to have gone to the Grange, but indeed I could not help myself.

  • Forgive me if I have made you unhappy, but indeed it is your fault, and I thought it better to tell you the truth.

  • You look at me very reproachfully this morning, Margaret, but indeed I have not been to blame so much as you think; my father was tired from his journey yesterday.

  • You and Raby are troubling your kind hearts about me, but indeed there is no need for any fresh anxiety.

  • Little heard, I say; but indeed it was a case of little spoken.

  • But indeed he was in a position so entirely false (and even ridiculous) that all his habit of command and arts of pleasing were here thrown away.

  • But indeed (as long as we were at the table) it seemed as if his authority were quite vanished and his teeth all drawn.

  • If a man do but indeed labour to convince sinners of their sins and lost condition by nature, though they must be damned if they live and die in that condition, O how angry are they at it!

  • This is not my name, but indeed it is a nickname that is given me by some that cannot abide me; and I must be content to bear it as a reproach, as other good men have borne theirs before me.

  • Yes, I have heard of all this; but indeed, good Faithful was hardest put to it with Shame; he was an unwearied one.

  • You must have thought me so rude; but indeed it was not my own fault, was it, Mrs. Allen?

  • But indeed, my dear, you need not be uneasy.

  • I hope I am not less so now," she replied, very feelingly; "but indeed I cannot go.

  • You were not there; but indeed I did; and, if Mr. Thorpe would only have stopped, I would have jumped out and run after you.

  • But indeed at Rome this is a common surprise; for, by the remains one sees of the Roman grandeur in their structures, 'tis evident that there must have been more pains taken to destroy those piles than to raise them.

  • But indeed, seriously, how can I, who have a conscience, and am no saint, take all these things?

  • But indeed I am no friend to those artifices which purchase present relief by future misery: I venture, therefore, to speak to you the simple truth, that by a timely exertion of your influence you may prevent further evil.

  • But indeed, Mr. Underwood, I am very sorry,' she added.

  • I am trying to be good; but indeed I feel as if it might be wrong to try to be rid of my cross.

  • Of course, if you wish me to do so; but indeed I do not need anything.

  • I thank you very much, Mr. Lytton; but indeed I do not wish to give you so much trouble.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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