Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] but i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | oh yes he said I 've worked it out those extra hours I 've paid you for them but I thought you actually worked for them for nothing and I 've just given you a bonus |
| 2 | I unlocked the passenger door of the Transit for them but I thought it best not to open it for them or offer them a hand up and in . |
| 3 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 4 | I dare say it 's silly of me but I thought we 'd wait till the coast was clear , so to speak , ’ she ended , smiling at her own accidental pun . |
| 5 | Some people would say I make a lot of money out of them but I paint them with sincerity . |
| 6 | Some people would say I make a lot of money out of them but I paint them with sincerity . |
| 7 | I meant to be fond of her but I found her tiring . |
| 8 | ‘ I never get sick of it but I think my wife does . ’ |
| 9 | I 've been out on the on the streets and the roads and we 've had a few beers and I 've not seen any trouble but the first I 've heard of trouble was was this morning after breakfast in a nearby hotel and and by by the trouble that 's been caused I do n't know the details of it but I believe it 's been quite intense really . |
| 10 | I should of put the kettle on for you but I thought you were busy with old father time here so I did n't er |
| 11 | It will be a bitter struggle against myself but I know I can do it . |
| 12 | So I I 've got that with me but I 've what what what we 'll do now is we 'll start to erm make our way towards coffee , which I think might be welcome . |
| 13 | I said that 's none of my business , nothing to do with me but I said I should think it 's a tragic waste for you and I say , it wastes your money but that 's entirely down to you . |
| 14 | I am afraid that she had no success with me but I remember our chanting of ‘ Rowned and rowned — up and dowwnn — rowned and rowned . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm reasonably happy with them but I mean I know |
| 16 | He can do addition and he can do take-aways , and he 's pretty , he 's not so bad with them but I think what it is , is basically they 're cramming them now . |
| 17 | I do n't know , I ca n't keep up with him but I expect I think |
| 18 | Well I er agree with it but I mean you understood it presumably then . |
| 19 | I am afraid that it has not been a success and that has certainly not been for want of effort from him but I think we just have to write that one off . |
| 20 | I do n't know that much about him but I think he is 21(22) years old , has no international matches on any level , has played for Kongsvinger the last year ( an ordinary club in our top division ) . |
| 21 | ‘ He tried to say it was too much worry for him but I know him too well to believe that . |
| 22 | He put the gun sideways in his mouth to give him two free hands and I thought about trying to grab it off him but I thought I 'd probably kill one of us and even if I did n't I was no match for him and he 'd just take it off me again . |
| 23 | It might mean , it prob er I suppose in a sense that does n't matter very much to me but I suppose it might matter if you 're sixty yeah yeah . |
| 24 | I know it would help to talk to someone but I find it so hard to open up . |
| 25 | He wanted to speak to you but I said you had a string of interviews , so he coughed up to me , nae bother . |
| 26 | a lot of them were too complicated for me to explain to you but I mean I appreciated the the miracle of it all , like they could actually take the thing to pieces |
| 27 | I still had no thought — for obvious reasons — of making any move on her but I felt it would be enough if she was n't repelled by me . |
| 28 | ‘ Sex is important to everybody but I think it 's been blown up into a thing that you must have and do . ’ |
| 29 | I can honestly say he 's the sort of bloke I would sort of try not to get lumbered with at a party or somewhere like that I mean I do n't mind I did n't mind talking to her but I find her |
| 30 | He was putting a bold face on it but I suspect he 's taking the parting quite badly — at least he had the grace to phone your sister 's home last night to confirm that she 'd arrived safely . ’ |