Example sentences of "but i [verb] it [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't enjoy deceiving Eric , but I knew it was necessary ; I could n't tell him I 'd done it because he would n't have understood why I 'd done it . |
| 2 | But I knew it was useless to try to make up for all his losses . |
| 3 | Well I says I 'm very sorry but I says it 's six miles away in a store , we do n't attend stores in the evening , I 've nobody to come d I 've got Where the hell do you think I 'm going to sleep tonight ? |
| 4 | Anyway erm I think we totally support the thrust of what you 're asking about and I was asked to make a special appeal to County Council to see whether they could assist with this recently established Rural Options Land Bank , the purpose of which is rather extraordinary , but I mean it is defined landowners who have a philanthropic bent to provide the land to do something about the very problem you 've raised . |
| 5 | but I mean it 's seventy five P a quarter |
| 6 | Lovely people but I mean it 's nice to be back . |
| 7 | but she leaves them with the neighbours or a neighbour , but I mean it 's all different to bringing them up yourself , in n it ? |
| 8 | but I mean it 's amazing how fast |
| 9 | Yeah , no but I mean it 's alright for the . |
| 10 | Yes , I know , yes but I mean it 's interesting at lunch time I had a , I had a working lunch with someone and a month after we had finished all the work and stuff , we got on to a whole pile of other things and , and I was talking about some of the -ists and one of the -ists I was talking about was feminism and how I 'd been in an amazing meeting a few weeks ago where you know I used that word and the women , it was all a meeting with women , the women there had absolutely freaked at the use of the word feminism and feminists . |
| 11 | But I said it was better for him if he did n't go back . ’ |
| 12 | But I said it was impossible . |
| 13 | But I said it was simple , not easy . |
| 14 | But I know it is sad that all our clubs are out of Europe now and it will probably be a long time before we can hope to dominate abroad as we once did . |
| 15 | The woman said , ‘ I 've never been to the North Pole , Mr MacKenzie , but I know it 's cold there . ’ |
| 16 | But I know it 's important to look good on stage so all my stage clothes are custom-made for me by a man called Franco Carretti . |
| 17 | I 'm sick to death of it because it 's all you hear about , but I know it 's important . |
| 18 | I ca n't remember what it says , but I know it 's funny . ’ |
| 19 | As a member of the Forum , the Ceredigion Branch is in touch with the issues , but I thought it was important to ensure all Cardigan Bay branches were well informed . |
| 20 | He received a lot of criticism , but I thought it was unfair as he was completely new to the team , so I took my share of the blame . |
| 21 | But I thought it were good ! |
| 22 | I knew Silvia was n't doing the hours we 'd agreed on , but I decided it was possible that you 'd come to some other arrangement — ’ |
| 23 | Does n't look very professional but I suppose it 's better than not telling them |
| 24 | ‘ On the face of it , it seems unlikely , but I suppose it 's possible . ’ |
| 25 | She added : ‘ But I suppose it 's splendid in its way . |
| 26 | I have friends who worry that I do n't eat well and regularly enough but I suppose it is all a continuation of the habits formed when I was a one-woman farmer . |
| 27 | This saddened us all , but I suppose it was inevitable , and reminded me of things I saw during the 1940 Blitz on London when living in the northern outskirts of the city but working near Hadley Wood , with weekly trips down to our offices at Kings Cross railway terminus . |
| 28 | I 'd like to suggest we find some place together , but I realize it 's stupid . |
| 29 | The girls that were using it reckoned that they were contacting ‘ the spirit world ’ but I reckoned it was all a big con trick . |
| 30 | But I believe it is better to call a halt now at a point when the option to renew contracts has arisen . |