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
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