Example sentences of "but i [verb] [pron] [am/are] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I hope I 'm not a typical colonel 's lady ! |
| 2 | ‘ But … but I hope you 're not going to do anything dangerous , ’ Don Mini cried . |
| 3 | There was silence for a moment , then he said huskily , ‘ Leonora — look , there 's no easy way to say this , but I hope you 're not full of some quixotic notion about keeping it from me if you find out you 're pregnant . ’ |
| 4 | well we say that but I mean they 're not really Derbies . |
| 5 | But I mean they 're not . |
| 6 | Yeah , but I mean they 're not just you know , just well off , he are well well off ! |
| 7 | But then she start putting my erm blouses on like , cos she probably seen somebody come in nice thinking oh dress up tomorrow and then I , in case he comes in and I used to think shit that had been in the wardrobe , alright I do n't wear them but I mean they 're still nice |
| 8 | Erm I mean we we have some left but I mean they 're mainly empty which does n't matter a lot I mean I 'll them for next year . |
| 9 | You know , the number and I mean has n't been able to get round to buying space in the T T G and Travel Weekly until the first two weeks in February cos we were so late in informing him I must had this conversation has taken away the brochure so there 's not a copy here but we 'll try and get hold of some as soon as possible but I mean they 're mainly for Glasgow but had been been up there from R and D y'know and she said that the people up there did n't seem to know the slightest thing about interline how to deal with interline tickets and agency tickets and all that sort of business . |
| 10 | But I mean they are there to provide advice and we do get an awful lot of case work . |
| 11 | Yeah that 's right but I mean we 're just a south east London |
| 12 | We also you know , do our best to get them to er pay pay up when er when when they can , but I mean we 're not always successful in that . |
| 13 | But I mean I 'm already starting stopping later , unintentionally you know , just cos I wan na finish something . |
| 14 | But I mean I 'm just speculating here at the moment . |
| 15 | Yeah well I do , I do n't , it 's not that I do n't talk to them about it but I mean I 'm pretty open with my mother and father |
| 16 | Excellent voice I mean worth an A Bill , brilliant if you do that , but I mean I 'm not , I know speaking to sort of Charles and Tom and Alan , they say that sort of recommendation referrals in Norwich are very difficult but I think if you do it the right way |
| 17 | No , but I mean I 'm not eleven any more |
| 18 | Well no , but I mean I 'm not a lover . |
| 19 | Sunday but I mean I 'm not sure , I 'll say it now , I 'm not sure I 'm certainly not sure he 's doing enough . |
| 20 | No , I do n't want to do it but I mean I 'm not I 'm certainly happier than I have been about it if |
| 21 | Yeah , so it 's up to Bev what she does about it but I mean I 'm bloody pissed off with it . |
| 22 | Yes I think you know I mean democracy if I use that word is supposed to be er by the people for the people is n't it you know but I mean I 'm always amazed . |
| 23 | But I mean I 'm so pleased with it ! |
| 24 | Yeah but I mean you 're not bothered about the parish you 're not bothered about you 're bothered about really |
| 25 | Yes I know , but I mean you 're just speaking of yourself but I mean |
| 26 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |
| 27 | And I said I can sort of keep on top of mine , but I said I am up early . |
| 28 | well your mum said to me well I 'll tell you the same as I 've told Con but I said I 'm not against the children or anything the children |
| 29 | I have never been phoned by a Prime Minister before , but I imagine they are not used to being kept waiting . |
| 30 | After a moment he added , ‘ I do n't know you all that well as yet , of course , but I imagine you 're not a person who throws emotions around , yourself ? ’ |