Sentence examples for but i collected from inspiring English sources

I had no residency, hardly any gigs, but I collected records with the little I could afford, and kept on practising.

But I collected a wealth of useless items like refrigerator magnets, key-chain flashlights, and business cards, and when the afternoon ended I felt great: The recruiters knew me now, so it was only a matter of time until one of them called me up and offered me a great job.

"I don't have everybody's blood just yet, but I collected quite a few vials of blood, and it's actually sitting in my refrigerator as we speak".

Probably not, but I collect them anyway, trying out each permutation with the zeal of the obsessed.

My main interest is in ephemera: the books, the guides, the postcards, but I collect anything I can find with a Festival of Britain connection.

I've got a couple of old wooden ice axes at home," says Wilcox, "but I collect them, I don't climb with them".

But I collect because I love classic sneakers, not because they're rare or expensive.

They spoke to me visually, but mostly I collected them just to know what was going on.

But, he said, "I collected 68 signatures from half of the residents here and that's approval according to our bylaws.

General talk about the nature of bubbles didn't convince many people that a bubble was forming, but the data I collected did convince at least some that we were in a very risky and historically unparalleled situation.

I would stumble on his poems here and there, but after coming to America, I collected all his works and started reading and rereading.