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 . |