Example sentences of "but i [vb base] [pers pn] be [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | But I remember I was on the way into Howard 's bungalow , and Bogie was coming out , having just seen my screen test , and he said , ‘ We 're going to have a lot of fun together . ’ |
2 | I ca n't actually recall all the numbers , but I remember I was in the States at one point and I took the album over and tried to sell it to a record company . |
3 | Me Aunty Linda 's not working either , like she did n't need the money but I mean he was on the dole for years me Uncle Ron . |
4 | But I mean she 's in that room . |
5 | Yeah but I mean you 're on you . |
6 | Yeah , but I mean it 's like , it 's |
7 | But I mean it 's like Hugh , they said he had n't registered or something was n't it ? |
8 | Yes but I mean it 's like the lady said , I mean you get the same thing all the time . |
9 | I say I worked , but I mean it was for a charity which ran one of these centres where they try and help the socially deprived . |
10 | ‘ I would like to do something to help like bringing her home but I know she is in the best place . ’ |
11 | It costs plenty , but I figure it 's worth it . |
12 | Obviously I should have provided more text than I did , but I suppose I was in rather a hurry . |
13 | But I suppose it 's like us going over there and eating frogs ’ legs . ’ |
14 | I did my best , but I suppose it was during that time that I began to drink too much and that finished off my promotion chances . |
15 | But I say it 's in peculiar bloody works . |
16 | It 's an old established set-up , but I reckon it 's on its last legs now . |
17 | No , but I reckon I was in the best year , sort of , for G C S E's this year and the year that 's just gone , were the best years cos they they do all the . |
18 | ‘ But I see you 're on the same errand as myself . ’ |
19 | The Avent bottles for it are much more expensive than others , about £6 each , but I think they are worth having . |
20 | I ai n't asked her if she 's my girlfriend , but I think she is in a way . |
21 | ‘ She 's as tough as they come , but I think she 's at her limit . |
22 | ‘ She 's on the check-out in one of the supermarkets but I think she 's on holiday this week . ’ |
23 | But I think she was like me she did n't really want to get rid of her baby . |
24 | I failed to deposit an accurate simulacrum of her visage and demeanour with the left-luggage clerk of memory ; but I think she was in a shirt of a hue between sage and lovage , atop grey stone-washed 501s , green socks and a ridiculously unaesthetic pair of trainers . |
25 | I heard him giving many readings , and now of course they are on record ; but I think he was at his best — with every word clearly articulated — among a small group such as that at Kelham . |
26 | ‘ I can check the report but I think he was in the pub at Goldsithney until ninish then he went home . ’ |
27 | It was not easy but I think it is for the best , in the long run . |
28 | But I think it 's to be welcomed that a medical panel will be established . |
29 | Alright well I think well I think actually well I know we 've droned on about it for half an hour but I think it 's worth a discussion to be quite honest , do n't you ? |
30 | No , but I think it 's worth knowing |