Example sentences of "but i [vb base] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please thank our friend for the thought , but I prefer to stay on the ground ’ . |
| 2 | I mean , they the men are more stronger and that but I 've run around a couple of them and I 've lo |
| 3 | ‘ No , but I 've heard about the place , and I must say they sound as if they 're rather exciting , ’ Lucy said with a certain amount of truth . |
| 4 | So we were gon na go to The Two Mills but I 've heard about the Miller 's Kitchen so I thought , we 'll try it . |
| 5 | But I 've jumped off the second one , I have n't dived off the second one . |
| 6 | V.W. Yes , I mean that 's something that when I first started I would n't have said , but I 've seen over the last six years changes in the governors and the role of the governors and I sense very much so that now they want Catholic appointments . |
| 7 | But I 've lived in the same house with my daughter-in-law for four years . |
| 8 | Yeah but I 've got to the move to the next ward soon . |
| 9 | But I 've got to the stage now where I , I can not erm I can not do any more . |
| 10 | but I 've got in the house and I 've got |
| 11 | I do n't want to rush you but I 've booked at the bistro down the road for nine o'clock so we ought to have this drink and go . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But I 've come for a boy ! |
| 13 | But I 've come to the conclusion that these are sometimes a bit astrological , particularly if you 're in a competitive situation . |
| 14 | I had the result this afternoon , but I 've known for a few weeks , really . |
| 15 | But I wish to relate to the council a particular episode , which I hope will convey something to those people who are perhaps still wavering erm , and whilst we all have principle stands on issues it behoves us as members to consider the views of our constituents and the sorts of things that take place in our wards . |
| 16 | ‘ I may be old-fashioned , ’ Alec sighed , ‘ but I hate experimenting in a lonely spot like this . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I love clothes — but I hate trailing round the shops . ’ |
| 18 | But I do go to the Methodist Chapel in Cotherstone as often as I can and , now and again , support various chapel functions in other places when asked . |
| 19 | I know it is a terribly sexist remark but I do think of the machines in our first workshop as old ladies . |
| 20 | I ca n't say it 's been marvellously successful but I do know for a fact that the conditions of the working class was improved tremendously by organizations in the thing which has come to be described as trade-unionism . |
| 21 | Not that I mean to be cynical , but I do teach in an inner-city school ( where only Advanced Level pupils have textbooks — and they share — and where practical work involves half-a-dozen to a bunsen ) . |
| 22 | I 'm not exactly a policeman , but I do belong to the Police Liaison Group under Sir Edmund Pusey , and I 'm very much concerned with police work . |
| 23 | I 'm sorry to send you this catalogue of woes , but I do agree with the sentiment of the Whitley paper , that the system has damaged our public image , and equally importantly it is inefficient in handling our internal and external communications . |
| 24 | This all assumes that Golding 's idea of original sin is true and is therefore it is from his perspective , but I do agree with the point he makes and therefore feel that in real life the girls would degenerate into some kind of ‘ sin ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ Four wins from nine games would probably earn us a play-off place but I want to go for the No.2 spot . |
| 26 | I 'm sorry to inflict this on you , Miss Glynn , but I want to look at the contents of the bureau amongst other things and it is better that a member of the family should be present . |
| 27 | I hope and pray that you will win — God willing , you will because you have all the ability in the world — but I have discovered over the last few days that there are people prepared to go to great lengths to stop you . |
| 28 | Dr John Little , president of the Cambridge club , said : ‘ I ca n't say unequivocally but I have gone through a history of the club and there is no mention of it there . ’ |
| 29 | I have not seen that report , but I have expressed before the dangers that a minimum wage policy would hold for employment levels . |
| 30 | No disrespect to Philip Young , the conductor , or to any of the performers , but I have to agree with the member of the audience sitting behind me who commented that it seemed more of a damp squib than a big band ! |