Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] but i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have no experience of using Pascal but I 'm sure I could learn to program in this language . |
| 2 | Nigel became despondent but I did n't . |
| 3 | They are a quiet peaceful fish and some say delicate but I have never found that to be the case . |
| 4 | I 've always voted conservative but I feel they 've made such a mess of everything I 'll vote for someone different this time . |
| 5 | And they 'll dry nice but I think you 'd need to put a stiff wire in them now while they 're st you know young . |
| 6 | I have not said sorry but I forgot . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've got to be rated doubtful but I 'm still hoping , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Now , the day had grown dark but I was a burly rogue , carrying sword and dagger , yet my assailants just seemed to step out of the shadows . |
| 9 | So you know , these traditions die hard but I m but things had to change and they changed really after the Second World War . |
| 10 | ‘ Neither of us have been made redundant but I am aware of unemployment and its effects . |
| 11 | God seemed remote but I appealed for his protection and received a measure of assurance , though I felt that I was followed by an evil presence . |
| 12 | A I might look slim but I 'm actually quite curvy — I take a size 12 in trousers and size 14 in tops . |
| 13 | My elder brother he does n't work hard but I suppose he is kind of quite . |
| 14 | It may sound naive but I was largely ignorant of the effects of either Radiotherapy or Chemotherapy . |
| 15 | ‘ I knew I was n't going great but I thought I 'd score 8,200-8,300 . |
| 16 | ‘ This time the lights turned green but I did n't get out of the way sharp enough . ’ |
| 17 | I I knew that it turned blue but I did n't know that was the test . |
| 18 | Did n't stay long but I expect they 'll be back . |
| 19 | I take the squad to Holland every year and that is something I would like to see continued but I have other ideas which it may not be possible to put into practice . |
| 20 | Erm and this is going to sound stupid but I do n't know their second names . |
| 21 | ‘ I know it sounds awful but I felt she would criticise what I did and how I looked or try to organise me . |
| 22 | out , he says to me you 'll kill yourself , you always want to do something , but to be honest it 's worse for me to sit there and watch that , it 's more tiring because by the end of the night I 'm not tired or I 've been asleep all evening I , I 'm better to go out , I know it sounds awful but I do n't like being trapped , I do n't like being in because somebody seems to think I should be in |
| 23 | My Guppies keep getting pregnant but I have never seen any fry . |
| 24 | ‘ I know it sounds terrible but I 'm awfully glad I had cancer it was the best thing that ever happened to me , ’ she said . |
| 25 | Please do not leave the board mounted OS map on the wall , prop it down by table between cushions — sounds dotty but I hope it will keep it dryer rather than being against damp wall . |
| 26 | I do n't want to seem big-headed but I frankly do n't think it will work . |
| 27 | But now , it sounds crazy but I have never felt so happy . ’ |
| 28 | I usually get Oriental but I I 'm not sure , I have n't tried this yet . |
| 29 | It sounds pathetic but I 'm also still quite awestruck when I talk to famous people . ’ |
| 30 | It sounds pathetic but I 'm also still quite awestruck when I talk to famous people . ’ |