Example sentences of "[be] [adj] but i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , sir , I am sorry but I saw it lying there and the temptation was too much for me . ’ |
| 3 | Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ? |
| 4 | No , no I was gon na say some you know , just sort of just some ideas are good but I tell you have n't they got some beautiful erm candle holders around this year some really unusual ones . |
| 5 | The lumps are heavy but I drove myself till my arms cried out and the sweat runs down my back . |
| 6 | I did n't even know if they had been responsible but I had nothing more to offer . |
| 7 | May be I 'm wrong but I think it 's in a block . |
| 8 | You think I 'm paranoid but I tell you , man , there is something going on . |
| 9 | B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time . |
| 10 | What Lamb is saying might be true but I doubt it . |
| 11 | ‘ Some people think I am crazy but I thought I had better do it now while I have the chance . ’ |
| 12 | It 's just a little bit sort of er the waves themselves are nice but I think they do need something else in it just to erm break up the linearity of the er er , of the composition . |
| 13 | Yeah that 's right but I mean we 're just a south east London |
| 14 | yeah that 's right but I mean what can you do I mean she was an Russian was a |
| 15 | sure that 's right but I mean I think the beginners are the people coming in new to the bis |
| 16 | Oh aye , it is painful but I thought it 's not going away so I 'd better go and see about it . |
| 17 | It 's sad but I mean I think miles away you sort of not quite so bad , traumatic . |
| 18 | it 's basic but I mean it is a nice |
| 19 | With children , your alternative is hard but I think it 's like a John Donne paradox : you 're bound but you 're also free ’ . |
| 20 | This is ambitious but I know you will do well , knowing how mativ motivated and generous people of Norlan Northern Ireland are . |
| 21 | It 's terrible but I find I do exactly the same with my children now : they come in from school and everything is dropped and I say ‘ pick them up ’ and I try to stop nagging them because I remember how much I hated it . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's a baby , ’ she said , ‘ he 's shrinking but I think he can be saved . ’ |
| 23 | Its a very stressful situation and its a very artificial situation , very often your on your own and there 's a lot of things happening , your in busy traffic or your on a very dangerous road or whatever and I think sometimes and I 'm not saying there 's any difference between male and female as far as that 's concerned but I think its a way of your , getting your er aggression out |
| 24 | Ha , he 's crazy but I do it . |
| 25 | ‘ It is frustrating but I tried my best and it 's no point getting angry . ’ |
| 26 | I know it 's silly but I find it hard to take them seriously and really concentrate and not be distracted by the local cat cleaning himself on a window ledge or some such thing . |
| 27 | It is disconcerting but I ignore it . |
| 28 | JANE Gordon 's warning to US voters about election ploys was right but I think our politicians are more devious . |
| 29 | about ten past one , well I had indigestion all night and I could feel it , and we 'd had our tea and I thought oh I do n't know , but I went to bed feeling alright and suddenly I woke up I thought oh my god I 'm gon na be sick , I come running down stairs , but you know I was , I was sick but I know I had n't finished and I 'd sat down and I was sick three times . |
| 30 | Cos I mean , you could say he was biased but I mean he , he obviously thinks this is actually what 's happening . |