Example sentences of "[adv] but i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now so what you 're going to do you work together but I would prefer you in twos and threes I think third person 's redundant . |
| 2 | It wo n't be much but I will pay . |
| 3 | ‘ Thank you very much but I must walk , ’ I said . |
| 4 | And my pictures were upside down but I could see the rings of Saturn with it , which was more than what Galileo saw first when he looked , he thought there was two stars at either side of Saturn . |
| 5 | I do view this as one of the ‘ great classics but I do not know if I would say it is the greatest book ever written in English as I have not yet read widely enough but I would definitely say that for all the above reasons that it is a great book . |
| 6 | Yeah because if I work it out I 'll just know that i it made so and so but I wo n't know that it gave off that I 'll just remember that it made like zinc chloride or something I wo n't remember |
| 7 | Pete asked and Mum grinned and said ‘ Well , I suppose so but I 'll give it a good wash when we get home . ’ |
| 8 | Well yes , I suppose so but I would n't be without 'em . |
| 9 | I would think so , I hope so but I would think so as well |
| 10 | It still appears in the directory as Read Only but I ca n't read it , copy or delete it . |
| 11 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
| 12 | The roof of the barn concerns me because eventually it will fall in but I dare not start on it just yet — the house must take priority . |
| 13 | and lovely , I just woke up , er a couple of minutes before then the insurance lad come cos when I only , he should of come yesterday and I waited in but I could n't , you know when I opened the door I says I , I he says , you know |
| 14 | Well I could still get in but I could n't lock the door say no bugger off . |
| 15 | ‘ I would like to shut myself away but I ca n't . |
| 16 | ‘ T is some leaques away but I shall ride over to thee ’ . |
| 17 | Bruce Calvert-Toulmin , one of dozens of Britons at a campsite in Aubignan , said : ‘ I saw people trying to cling to trees 20 yards away but I could not get to them . |
| 18 | You can walk away but I can not walk away . |
| 19 | I 'm only saying that but yes , I I I take your point , er , as I say , I 'm currently er a neighbourhood beat officer , I 'm gon na become the crime prevention officer very shortly but I can go on estates like and they say , I have n't seen you for ages ! |
| 20 | you see , until my next birthday , that is , you see , but I , well each year , you see , I always say well to my friends I am so thankful for my friends who drop in and each year I say , well I do n't suppose I will be here much longer but I shall be here , I hope , while I can walk |
| 21 | As a designer I was aware that with the underarm shaping removed the seam would be at least two inches longer but I must admit the sleeves tended to look out of proportion if that was allowed for . |
| 22 | Then they 'll say ‘ I 'll stop for a cup of tea then — oh , I ca n't go now it 's too late , I think I 'll stop tonight but I must go home tomorrow ’ . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Others go over but I would n't set foot there even in the height of summer ! |
| 24 | Really what I was saying is I , I think probably came over but I will rephrase it . |
| 25 | Younger than me , yes , just slightly younger than me , two or three years , I do n't know exactly but I should say she 's two or three years younger than me . |
| 26 | Believe it or not but I would like to understand . ’ |
| 27 | I do n't know whether it was relevant or not but I would , I 'd ask how did you manage to finance these policies , if you 're taking one out every two or three years , you know , obviously increment in salary or something of that nature might be relevant so something that the person was conscious of , they were using their money to buy er s er savings plans . |
| 28 | I wrote to Tim & Polly yesterday but I ca n't lay my hands on The Barbarton exploration Base address . |
| 29 | The day seemed very long yesterday but I must say my ‘ bonne ’ was very good to me . |
| 30 | ‘ People have begun writing me off but I will be back . |