Example sentences of "[det] but i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sorry to spring it on you like this but I did n't want to get your hopes up . ’ |
| 2 | Derbyshire folk may query the authenticity of this but I defy them not to enjoy the results . |
| 3 | His response : ‘ You may not believe this but I 'm not allowed to tell you on council notepaper . ’ |
| 4 | They wo n't like this but I do n't think they will make a violent reaction , ’ he said . |
| 5 | I do n't want to get over-emotional about this but I really am massively proud of the things that The Smiths have done and achieved and from that point of view , of course , it 's all really sad … |
| 6 | There was some truth in this but I expect the practice still goes on today . |
| 7 | Her father was explaining something to her in that overloud , careful voice which he used to her mother , the voice which said : ‘ I know you are too stupid to understand this but I will talk slowly and loudly and hope that you wo n't try my patience too far . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It is jolly sad that it has come to this but I am not surprised , ’ she said last night . |
| 9 | Sadly I have not read this but I am such a fan of the author and he is so well connected that he gets reviews everywhere , and I just wanted to slip it in . |
| 10 | ‘ Sorry about having to rush off like this but I promise I 'll be free tomorrow . ’ |
| 11 | In the end I agreed to do this but I remember leaving the meeting literally , I am afraid , in tears and saying that although I would obey the majority I would resign from the Government afterwards as quietly as I could because I should have failed to uphold an almost lifelong conviction … |
| 12 | I , I mean I can understand all this but I 'm , I 'm just asking |
| 13 | I never thought I 'd be saying this but I 'm now the proud owner of my very first home . |
| 14 | I know I 've been a long time on this but I 'll I think it 's nearly there . |
| 15 | So I used to go with him , and incidently he was a , he was very good on classical music , although we never went into this although I 'd got very close to him but I 'm sure he were brought up in an orphanage you know , and never talked about this but I 'm sure he was . |
| 16 | I 'm sorry to be here like this but I could n't get through to anyone . |
| 17 | Whereas if you think well you know this is , I 'm doing this but I do n't know whether this is me and I do n't feel very comfortable with it and all that |
| 18 | Ring them up and say ‘ I hope you do n't mind me messing you about like this but I 've been thinking over your kind offer , and I realize I could fit it in after all because of a sudden change of circumstances at home and my mother 's coming down to help me out — oh , and if there 's a spare ticket — ’ |
| 19 | I hate to say this but I do rather think from the bruising that someone did it to him . ’ |
| 20 | It is too early to quantify this but I hope that as before any redundancies can be managed as far as possible on a voluntary basis . |
| 21 | Oh I could tell you a lot about this but I 'll I 'll just tell you a little bit that 's all . |
| 22 | ‘ I hope you do n't mind me arriving without an appointment like this but I understood you had an Open Door policy . ’ |
| 23 | I think , I think Council is accepting this but I think it 's |
| 24 | That rudder movement equals braking and so it 's slowing you down , it may look impressive being heeled over like this but I 'd sail a lot faster if the boat were flat . |
| 25 | I 'll give you that guarantee myself the company do n't like me doing this but I will guarantee . |
| 26 | They want to see vehicles going slower through the towns , quite right , we put in half a million extra for this but I 'm disappoint with Labour 's negative attitude . |
| 27 | Mr Deputy Speaker I I would n't be in order to go into this but I do n't agree at all , as the honourable gentleman 's well aware , that filthy protectionism of the C A P forces up prices of food for the average family in Britain by twenty eight pounds a week . |
| 28 | where did I , I 'm not sure whether I ought to be getting into this but I will . |
| 29 | Well they , they seemed to be putting some finance in , but er it went through a bit of a flat spot and then the sold out I , I 'm sorry I 'm stuttering and all this but I have n't done my research you know and it , it 's , it 's tough going . |
| 30 | And course we 're doing a lot of counting today this wrist is a you know I do n't mind that you see what did that wrist was that elbow I had to have a second operation on it , in the arm up here because er I had to have some bone taken away in the elbow course it stretched guiders but they also erm disturbed the wrist joint because it was in plaster like that stretched round and disturbed the wrist joint and I ke it 's it weakened it and it 's only just it 's only just this what last nine months that it 's that it 's really started to effect this but I know what it is that 's because I keep going out doing the odd jobs |