Example sentences of "but i [vb base] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This wo n't be obvious yet , but I hope to persuade you of it .
2 It may be poached in water or stock , but I prefer to cook it in the microwave , then coat it with the black butter .
3 I wish I could forget two London concerts he gave shortly before he died , but I prefer to remember him through performances as brilliant , powerful and exciting as we have on this set . ( )
4 This is Albert 's entry to the solo ; I seem to recall Emmy playing this in E♭ , but I 've written it in the key of D so that you wo n't have to ‘ capo-up ’ at the first fret .
5 But I 've written it in such an open-ended way
6 But I 've made it with United and now I want the chance to show what I can do at the highest level of all . ’
7 I think I can say that during my career most of the things I 've decided ought to be done , I 've got done , but I 've done them in very different ways to other people and sometimes I 've been criticised for not going out and grabbing the headlines .
8 ‘ You can scoff , ’ said the visitor of San Severo , ‘ but I 've seen them with my own eyes . ’
9 But I 've seen them on the pictures .
10 That shop , I do n't know what the name of that shop is , but I 've seen them in the window lately
11 ‘ I do n't know what he does but I 've seen him around this area .
12 We have n't really discussed it , to be honest ; but I 've seen her with kids once or twice and she seems to get on with them instinctively .
13 but I 've kept it from all the years .
14 ‘ No , but I 've told you about her , have n't I ? ’
15 But I 've got it in hand . ’
16 But I 've put him in touch with engineer Eric Pendry who came into my office nine years ago with a story about his son , Paul , who was also shot dead on an SAS live-fire training exercise .
17 I retrieved them too , but I 've left them in my flat . ’
18 But I do thank you for your hospitality , sir .
19 Well , tonight you may leave early , but I want to see you with my guests every evening .
20 I do n't know your name , but I want to thank you for your kindness to me on the night I left Weatherbury .
21 He 's missing but I want to find him without the law knowing I 'm interested . ’
22 Turning back to the landlord , Giles Aplin said , ‘ I already know the name of the man who gave you this watch — but I want to hear it from your lips — and I want the truth . ’
23 Yes , but I want to send it from town .
24 I hope this book will also be of value to the professional surveyor — in its breadth if not its depth — but I have written it in terms best suited to the non-professional , enthusiastic house-owner .
25 Its magnitude is only 9 according to official estimates ; I have never seen it with low-power binoculars , but I have suspected it with × 20 , though I would not have noticed it if I had not known just where it was .
26 But I have to warn you in advance that I 'm not a very good dancer .
27 But I need to see you for a moment .
28 but I need to hear it from them .
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