Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun] but i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It will be a real wrench to leave the club after eight years but I have got to a stage when I must now look at what is best for my future . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ In the beginning , it looked as if it would be a real problem finding a side to play Malta after six call-offs but I think it has turned out not too badly in the end , ’ said the national coach , who released Aberdeen 's Stephen Wright from his squad to play at Tannadice this afternoon ( kick-off 1:30pm ) . |
| 3 | Erm I think it 's on a , a similar basis to er to ours , a similar sort of six months but I think it 's er roughly about the same yeah . |
| 4 | ‘ I have been a nurse for ten years but I have never seen a bullet wound . |
| 5 | ‘ He will be out of prison in three years but I have to live with this , ’ she said . |
| 6 | So it 's not a progression all in one way but I have to say that even by the standards of the Lloyd George era , the battle by memoir which we now see for considerable sums of money has become more than a cottage industry , it 's a production line industry . |
| 7 | I did actually say I was going to put a plan together for you and come back in two weeks but I mean |
| 8 | I was in hospital for five days but I do n't remember anything about that , either . |
| 9 | They thought I meant for five seconds but I made them practise holding their tone for twenty or thirty seconds . |
| 10 | ‘ I agreed to do the job for five years but I feel that it is taking up too much of my time , ’ he declared . |
| 11 | I was meant to talk for fifteen minutes but I went on for three-quarters of an hour . |
| 12 | ‘ I should n't think so for one minute but I do n't know for certain . ’ |
| 13 | Erm and the limit was five thousand pounds for one year but I think they only pay half the fees or something of whatever course it is . |
| 14 | I 'd been to thirteen convents but I had n't really been to school properly because I was working by the time I was thirteen . |
| 15 | She was very unfashionable at one time but I remember reading and enjoying her books . |
| 16 | Yeah it is now , yeah they used to have private caterers at one time but I believe it 's , it 's part of the club now and the profit making concern . |