Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb base] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Alarm bells are not ringing but I hope nobody thinks we 're too good to go down . |
| 2 | This all ( this morning ) seems a highly coloured raving — but I hope it lets you see how dazed and alone I feel just at present . |
| 3 | I am afraid it is written in enviro-jargon , which will need translating into ordinary English or Welsh , but I hope it helps you think about the kind of issues that need to be got across in a popular television programme . |
| 4 | I 'm sorry I ca n't boil all this information down , but I hope it helps you prepare a brief for Peter Johnson . |
| 5 | But I 've I think it is a valid facility but it depends what the facilities for . |
| 6 | No , but I mean they do it the easy way the |
| 7 | Yeah but I mean what do you |
| 8 | Yes , but I mean I know you 've er lived in the area , er so erm , perhaps I should invite Mr Walker or Mr Diffin to make a if you look , wish to bear in mind that we have seen the plans |
| 9 | take a long time but I mean I know it says got well puppy mess to get over yet . |
| 10 | But I mean I mean we still walk round there 's wires hanging and connectors . |
| 11 | we 're not doing it again , I do n't think she will , but I mean I think we need to be sort of positive about how we are going to sort of |
| 12 | But I mean I think we , I think I , I will need on Monday morning to talk to er Morecambe Bay and see if I can bring forward these promotions because |
| 13 | You know things like uppermost in people 's minds , I do n't know whether I suppose this question of fees might still be , I do n't know , it depends what the national executive say , but I mean I think it 's those issues and the fact we can respond quickly is , will be an advantage . |
| 14 | But I mean I think it is important to establish that , that this is what he 's saying . |
| 15 | But as I say , we can take the plates off the screen underneath here but I mean I think you still ought to have another bloke |
| 16 | Aye , but I mean I notice it , it 's just that I 've been doing that job that longly you see , you follow me ? |
| 17 | But I mean I suppose you get those pressures in an ordinary school say if you go and teach in an inner city school you 've got … you know Asian mothers . |
| 18 | Yeah but I mean I suppose it 's what you 're used to . |
| 19 | I mean but I mean I suppose it 's true with with Sonia and with Honey cos I mean like Honey 's a nice person , but there 's three things about her which are very bad , and that is like she takes the piss erm she 's lazy . |
| 20 | Well I er agree with it but I mean you understood it presumably then . |
| 21 | but I mean you know they 're what what well there there is a sort file out there on them somewhere . |
| 22 | But I mean you know I I 'm certainly gon na follow this up . |
| 23 | But I mean you know he 's a workaholic and he expects everybody to be the same and then he works in there by the time I get there in the morning he works , works solidly right through until I leave there at night , you know . |
| 24 | the only thing but I mean you know you accepted what he said and then went on and , and by using your picture with the , with the cheque I mean you had him eating out your hand at the end did n't you ? |
| 25 | But I mean you see her up town though . |
| 26 | He was a Scotsman depending San Francisco and er situation that what you described but we were handing out food at Christmas Eve to people and people were coming up and er for their own proud they were saying things like I 'm a vegetarian or I do n't eat cheese pasties that was the case that was the only thing you had left but I mean it makes me really angry that we did not have this situation ten or twelve years ago . |
| 27 | He got de temp'ry permit which clears him to work for up to six month , but I hear you makin' him your general manager which got to last more than that , is n't it ? ’ |
| 28 | But I bet you wanted them though . |
| 29 | ‘ But I bet he does it in secret ’ . |
| 30 | But I know they blamed him for that . |