Example sentences of "[prep] but i " in BNC.

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1 I 've made mistakes and I 've gone and said things which I 'm not proud of but I 'm not at all dissatisfied with the way things are at the moment .
2 If he turns up for court and he says , yes I had a terrible time at the police station and there were all sorts of breaches of but I am now here on a , I 'm gon na tell the truth , that 's no problem .
3 Now I 'm not I like I like the thought of but I prefer the thought of in work and how people can work together using this type of thing and think about it in the context of work rather than in the context that it talks about erm and it 'll be interesting to talk to you tomorrow so if to see what you think have the think about the things we 've talked about .
4 I do feel that this is necessary because we are allocating or just allocating our proposed budget er a substantial amount of extra resources through the rights of way which I am thoroughly in favour of but I do think we need to know how that money is going to be used and which of the items which are to appear in the report are going to be covered by that money and which is still going to need to be addressed next year when we have to book in time for it for next year .
5 ‘ I do n't really want to imagine what they were like but I know it 's not an intense thing for him to do like Platoon was .
6 I ca n't really remember what it was like but I was very pleased with it .
7 It may sound too banal to talk about but I have n't owned anything that merited so much fussy concern from experts since I sold my 1964 Jaguar 340 .
8 ‘ He had a terrible problem which he could n't talk about but I want to sort it out for him . ’
9 Higgins , whose highest break of the session was 44 , said : ‘ The snooker was nothing to write home about but I 'm pleased to get a step nearer Sheffield . ’
10 I know I 've made a lot of mistakes and there are probably a lot of things I should be sorry about but I would n't change my life , I would make the same mistakes because they 've taught me so much .
11 It 's something I 've thought about but I I I guess the cost would be horrendous but they would n't I do n't know .
12 There are a few white kids that are talked about but I mean that 's inevitable .
13 I had n't any idea what he was talking about but I listened attentively to his description of lands I had never imagined , with their dark green forests , snowy slopes and frozen lakes .
14 I did n't know what he was talking about but I dutifully obeyed and we trailed the shambling figure as he made his way drunkenly out through a postern gate and down the steep , narrow alleyways of Nottingham .
15 This speed that talking about but I think it corresponds to the movement of the fox .
16 Erm the sums behind it I 'm not too bothered about but I 'm gon na go through them because they 're quite instructive and I dare say there 's some poor souls here who 'd actually quite enjoy me to do that so we 're gon na go through some of the sums , not now but a bit later on .
17 Er I mean there was obviously er there was some things that you were er a little bit uncomfortable about but I think you coped quite well .
18 No , thing I mean silly little thing , well I think it 's silly but there you are , they all see to know what they 're talking about but I mean cer certain things like in the fillet room
19 Erm , it 's just that I had , I 'd told the auditors about but I do n't think that anybody 's and I was unsure we should do that with .
20 I , I do n't know but , I ca n't remember I do n't think about but I 'm really , if I say like
21 ‘ The recovery is taking a little more time than I 'd hope for but I 'm rather impatient .
22 There 's things that we are doing like I 've been told by a couple of people this evening the autumn programme they think it 's very good very progressive very enjoyable I thi that that to me that reinforces the autumn programme by several people so people who here are people here this evening feel they we say something about what is n't on the agenda or what is on the agenda but I think that 's what the meetings for but I do n't think it 's a bad exercise to talk to the people who actually pay come in the building I mean I think that 's a valid exercise .
23 He asked me in German what I had come for but I said ; untruthfully , ‘ Nicht verstehen . ’
24 We know Gary Ball 's out I do n't know how long for but I think Frank will seriously have to look to give this lad some support because he he 's doing great up there on his own there 's no doubt about that .
25 I think you 'll find that Mr Byrne is now in fact playing in America , ca n't remember who for but I did go to his leaving party over the summer .
26 I get , I go for but I think it was gon na cost about eighty five to travel that way .
27 So we 're gon na catch every traffic light on red now there was something I wanted to go into Wisbech for but I ca n't think for the life of me what it was , I must get stuck into this Christmas shopping again , really must so much to do and such little time to do it in oh he 's , he 's put that car down five hundred pounds , that price of that car was , that he got for sale on it seven , seven , nine , five ,
28 Yeah , that 's what we use them for but I 'm sure she 's running .
29 cheaper than what I 'd had it for but I mean they always do something like that
30 , we er , we , we did some , I mean that was a proper weekend set aside for but I mean they really about practical jokes being played and stuff .
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