Example sentences of "but [conj] i [verb] [pron] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , but where I know it is a bit difficult with clothes because a market stall erm you do n't , you do n't normally get a chance to try the clothes on erm and you 're never absolutely sure are these clothes , is this garment going to fit or not ? |
| 2 | Mr Bill Dixon Smith ( Tory ) used to be a near neighbour until recently , but although I understand he is still in the area I have no idea if he still takes an active part in the council elections . |
| 3 | Like tea — we have the same brand each week — but if I know it 's cheaper in one shop I go into that shop , just to get that one thing — like I got it for 1 //6; this week and it 's usually 1 //11; — I like to get the best , but cheaper . |
| 4 | But if I assume he is a rogue when in fact he is honest , I cheat myself when I do not trust him . |
| 5 | I only wondered because I 've got to go out later , I need to get somebody else to come in and , and be here but if I think it 's only going to be about that . |
| 6 | Mum wants a pair of trousers for going out with , you know well she 's got plenty but like I say it 's but then you get I 'll no it 's not very personal to give somebody a voucher though is it ? |
| 7 | And the conservative group is running the council in the sense that labour has scrambled , obviously over the last few days , to reduce its tax level to something closer to the tories and I 'm going to stand with my fellow liberal democrats tonight and vote for a higher figure because , not only because I think that there 's sort of things we want to do in our budget , are b are b are better and and would be better done than not done , but because I think there 's a fundamental political ethical issue here and it 's one which has been confronting this country for a great many years and which is going to be crucial in the next election . |
| 8 | I am going to criticise modern farming methods , I promise you , but before I do it is also worth remembering that the primary beneficiary has been the consumer . |
| 9 | But as I say he 's never done any of it for a couple of days . |
| 10 | I 've got no idea of what it might fetch , but as I say it is fiction Kath , do n't worry about it . |
| 11 | So it 's sort of a mobility thing and erm I think people will notice it on erm on that kind of level erm but as I say it 's a gradual process it 's cumulative and erm |
| 12 | with some , some things to write a few words in , some things to tick , some things to make a mark on one of the numbers and so forth so erm er you know it 's erm but as I say it 's difficult to er |
| 13 | Yeah fine erm but as I say it 's just sort of you know kind of minor layout changes , that 's all I was suggesting |
| 14 | Yeah but as I say it 's the same as when you know we come over when we went up to the |
| 15 | Yeah , oh yeah , but as I say it 's limitless really |
| 16 | Yeah , like where I sit in my chair if I look up there I can see it , but as I say it 's not there all the wallpaper |
| 17 | Erm , but as I say it 's a good thing that you 're doing yourselves . |