Example sentences of "but i [verb] it [be] the " in BNC.

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1 But I knew it was the toad .
2 but I hope it was the the gist of it , and I 'm sure someone will correct me if I 've got it wrong .
3 But I mean it 's the idea , the idea is coming , is not coming from themselves , it 's coming from the Party that , that er that you can create a system without landlords .
4 you might find something a little different , but I mean it 's the
5 But I mean it was the story to run that while sh the Queen was with her it was a it was not war erm I mean a , a , a whole part of story like
6 I said well I apologize for sending all that sir , I said , but I said it was the only way to get somebody 's attention of what was going on !
7 Yeah but I suppose it 's the term of years as well .
8 But I expect it is the effects of expatriation .
9 She thought more about losing the coal to Mrs Phipps than about Granny , it seemed to me then , but I expect it was the shock that caused her to react in that way .
10 My brother reckons it was Beeney 's fault for not coming off his line but I reckon it was the two centre halfs again .
11 Of course , there is a left and right side to that stream , but I think it is the left side of the stream which is broadening . ’
12 But I think it 's the birds
13 The other concern in the City Council 's evidence on H One er is this issue of distribution , I note Mr Davis 's comments about the difficulties of subdividing the Greater York allocation between different districts , and I I do acknowledge the difficulty in relation to Harrogate , and particularly Hambledon which obviously has a very small proportion of Greater York , on the other hand both Ryedale and Selby do contain a substantial proportion of the Greater York population , er based on my calculations of their er proportion of the population of Greater York which admittedly is a somewhat crude way of of doing estimates , but in the absence of of any other projections that was really the only way to do it , my estimate is that the er compared with the nine seven target of County Council would take in the could potentially be seen to be taking a share of four thousand two hundred in Ryedale and seventeen hundred for Selby , if you base it on their existing population distribution on er part outside the city , now I 'm not saying necessarily that 's how the way you would do it , but I I think it 's an indication that the scale of development in those two districts is quite significant in Greater York , our concern is that the policy as it currently stands does not give any real guidance as to the way in which distribution of development outside the city , but in Greater York , erm can be er should be di divided up , and I think the problem really occurs from the introduction of the new settlement into H One , erm I do n't want to stray into the H Two debate Chair , but I think it 's the fact that H One does include a figure for the new settlement , that the new settlement is not located within any particular district , but that all the district totals do include in effect a figure which is undetermined at this stage , that that would be absorbed by the new settlement , as I understand the policy at the moment , and I think that really does introduce a problem , erm because clearly all of the emerging districts wide local plans could be in conformity with the structure plan and not include the new settlement , I think it 's er interesting to note that the the D O E's recently published a good practice guide , on development plans , did particularly highlight the situation in Greater York , as a problem , as a shortcoming of the existing plan , and if I can just quote it , it does say this , on page forty three , it would seem appropriate for broad locations of new development to be established by means of an alteration to the structure plan .
14 It sounds rather pompous , I dare say , but I think it was the beginning of understanding without knowing .
15 The eyes … sometimes looking bewildered , even desperate , but I think it was the horrible bright lights which are the worst part of it all .
16 The Danish international has been linked with a move to Arsenal , but I understand it is the Saints who have made the most serious move to his Italian club , Pisa .
17 I had been there nine times previously , but I supposed it was the same as your time as a baby — you could not remember a thing about it .
18 It did n't have a fishy taste , it we like beef but I presume it 's the way they 've cooked it .
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