Example sentences of "[noun] but i [vb past] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 2 | He was a bit suspicious I must admit when I bought him those Janet Reger nighties but I knew he 'd never get the chance to wear them . |
| 3 | ‘ I intended a salad but I thought you might have missed out on lunch so we 've got grilled lamb chops with minted potatoes and glazed carrots . ’ |
| 4 | I stayed about half-an-hour but I felt I should n't be there . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not meaning to talk shop but I thought you might be interested . ’ |
| 6 | I had an actor once who was condemned to hang for stealing a sheep — or a lamb , I forget which — so I got permission to have him hanged in the middle of a play — had to change the plot a bit but I thought it would be effective , you know — and you would n't believe it , he just was n't convincing ! |
| 7 | Mum and Dad and Mr and Mrs Lewis entered into the spirit of the occasion but I thought I could see some sadness in Mrs Lewis 's eyes . |
| 8 | Erm I I am surprised well I do n't I 'm not surprised really they 're probably busy doing things but I thought we might have got a couple of vicars on this er this afternoon to talk about it . |
| 9 | I wanted to go , go to the library but I thought I 'd start in my room so |
| 10 | Visiting her had become part of my life but I knew it would not always be so ; twice I had been summoned to the hospital when she had seemed to be failing . |
| 11 | Carried ‘ I knew the police were firing tracer bullets but I thought we would be safe at the back . |
| 12 | Well this is an exception but I knew it would be higher because we 've had the heating on so often . |
| 13 | David did n't think it was a good idea but I said we could n't keep going out and using the phone box down the road . |
| 14 | This may not be an original idea but I thought it might be worth a mention . |
| 15 | I had got my back almost round to the steps by this time but I knew I 'd never get my parka open and the front door key out unless I had an edge . |
| 16 | It played a very , very important part in David 's career , because it was for that film that he wrote ‘ Space Oddity'/ Most of the stuff on the film came from the Deram label but I thought we ought to have a very special piece of material — some new material — and something that would show how very fine and inventive a writer David was . |