Example sentences of "but [pron] [am/are] [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am slowly getting better , with Anita 's help . |
| 2 | Yes , I 'm wearing subfusc which is the sort of uniform students of the university always wear when they 're taking exams , so it 's a familiar sight on the street of Oxford , but I 'm also wearing clerical bands , which are a sign of my office . |
| 3 | But I 'm best kept secret |
| 4 | But I 'm best kept secret |
| 5 | then V will be You can write it as sine squared but I 'm just writing this way cos it it means more . |
| 6 | Yeah , but I 'm just finishing that . |
| 7 | I 'll give you a dish , yeah I know , I know you 're not to open them but I 'm just making sure that you know that they 're yours , now do you want a dish or not ? |
| 8 | Well I 've got one in there but I 'm just doing this as a to save me lifting it . |
| 9 | I was gon na get well I 'm contemplating but I 'm either getting four cans of Strongbow and a bottle or just eight cans of Strongbow . |
| 10 | But I 'm actually using more and more of this cream , as I realize that er if you direct it towards the right part of the body in the right people , |
| 11 | I know that but I 'm only doing this as a favour , and I 've got ta really go out of my way to get this piece of wood . |
| 12 | It 's ridiculous , I know , wearing the cardigan , I mean — after all , it is May , but I 'm still getting acclimatised . |
| 13 | But again , you know , you 're paying here premiums for twenty thousand pound , but you 're only getting ten . |
| 14 | A considerable amount of freedom — I do n't think anybody would dispute that — but you are actually using public resources , you 're using erm highly expensive equipment , do you really not feel that in that situation some measure of at least financial control is essential ? |
| 15 | It 's conclusions , we 're not subject to consultation but we 're instead given wide and extensive publicity in a series of elaborate video roadshows , with information cascading down . |
| 16 | But we 're here to change all that . ’ |
| 17 | It 's 11 o'clock in the morning , but we 're still getting excited . |
| 18 | Inevitably , these negotiations take time but we are currently contacting various radio and television companies and will keep you involved in the identification of key issues for coverage in your area . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's very much the mixture as before but we are always adding new courses and improving the ones we have got , ’ said manager . |
| 20 | Definitely , they 're making far better living , but they 're also getting all their benefits , they 're getting er fringe benefits off the government . |
| 21 | At first they thought they were fighting a small local plan , but they 're now calling this road a ’ motorway by stealth ’ . |
| 22 | But they 're only having one big present each this year . |
| 23 | Unrelated participles do not usually seriously impede a reader 's understanding , but they are generally considered incorrect forms . |
| 24 | Bureaucrat and radical have no time for each other , but they are both undermining traditional humanism . |
| 25 | Not only do they send a bigger share of their exports to America , but they are also facing fierce competition from American firms in third markets . |
| 26 | Not only are manual workers more threatened by unemployment than non-manual workers , but they are also given less time to find other employment . |
| 27 | Questionnaires and achievement scores may be used but they are rarely given high priority . |
| 28 | I have written to one or two retail outlets complaining about them selling these fish , also spoken to a couple of managers but they are still selling these fish . |