Example sentences of "but i [verb] [pron] [am/are] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I do n't envy you your job , Mr Milton , but I hope you 're having some fun out of ffeatherstonehaugh 's . |
2 | They 're either shouting or but I mean they 're getting millions now you get this |
3 | Yeah , but I mean we 're getting away |
4 | But I mean I 'm gon na go and visit them as well . |
5 | But I mean you 're talking |
6 | I said well that 's what is , I said if you look at it the depreciation is so heavy compared with the income , and I said and the insurance as well but I said hopefully cos we have n't had any of er any claims at all this year you know , I said I know but all of the insurances of gone up , but I said I 'm hoping that we can sort of get the insurance down if possible so he said , yeah fair enough then . |
7 | ‘ I want him to live forever but I know I 'm making the right decision even if he dies . |
8 | ‘ You speak calmly , but I know you 're suffering . ’ |
9 | You may indeed call it a temperamental difference , but I venture we are talking about something rather more . |
10 | But I fear you are dying |
11 | I 'd kind of been hoping they 'd take the cuffs off me altogether by now but I suppose they 're thinking that the body in the shaft does n't prove anything by itself , and that Andy could still be dead , or he could be alive and he — or somebody else — could have kidnapped Halziel and Lingary to provide cover for me . |
12 | ‘ But I suppose you 're thinking you 'd like to kiss it ? |
13 | Well apart the radio but I expect they 're gon na a radio of sorts you know ? |
14 | Mm , yeah I 'm not too worried about her socks though but I say I 'm gon na have plenty of Marks and Sparks ' vouchers |
15 | After the meeting Haughey declared that " there are still hurdles to be overcome , but I believe we are moving towards a satisfactory outcome " . |
16 | But I see I am becoming preoccupied with these memories and this is perhaps a little foolish . |
17 | Erm , it 's once a week , but I think they 're coming in the they 're here twice this week er , and I think , it 's as and when they can , so if it 's more than once a week then they will be here . |
18 | But I think they are getting on better now though . |
19 | But I think they are doing a good job . |
20 | But I think we 're seeing something in the Forest side we have n't see for what twelve fourteen years are we . |
21 | I do n't mind that , but I think we 're going deeper . |
22 | But I think we 're making life worse for ourselves , unnecessarily unpleasant for ourselves . |
23 | It made it difficult to come back but I think I am improving . |
24 | Hard to explain this , but I think I 'm beginning to like the wretched thing . ’ |
25 | Yeah well I 'm , I 'm gon na try and get the final year lecture for Tuesday sorted actually on Saturday and erm it 's usually , it 's usually Guy but I think I 'm doing it this week , yeah , because I 've got quite a few to do on things like racist in the media and Guy 's mate Dennis has just written a book and he 's given me a manuscript of it and it 's about how racist psychology is which is |
26 | Excuse me I 've got not exactly hay-fever but I think I 'm going to be sneezing for a few minutes . |
27 | ‘ God help me , but I think I 'm going to need it , ’ Asa Vaughan told him . |
28 | So I think I 've I mean you put me right , but I think I 'm talking about the words , rather than the essential message . |
29 | Yes , I like mango , but I think I 'm gon na go for one of these yo , had across here . |
30 | But I think you 're over-reacting just a little . |