Example sentences of "[noun sg] but i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a bit bust on one side but I really like it . |
| 2 | So I got one side but I bloody could n't get out the other side . |
| 3 | He 's only doing it for my own good but I still do n't like it . |
| 4 | I was interested in drawing but I never saw it as part of a potential career . |
| 5 | I did n't make a systematic study but I occasionally followed up clues if I came across references in books and catalogues . |
| 6 | no they do at the Samuel Beckett , it 's the and okay , it 's a good new Embassy advert but I still do n't smoke Embassy because they 're horrible . |
| 7 | In the beginning they offered me aversion therapy but I furiously refused that . |
| 8 | I absolutely hated having to wear a skirt but I soon got used to it . |
| 9 | I 've always felt that I was raised in the land of melody but I certainly was n't raised in the land of rhythm so I 'm always attracted to good dance music . |
| 10 | Sometimes these sophisticated nine-year-olds really do seem to have the bug but I still feel a bit uncomfortable encouraging them because they are so young . |
| 11 | We got the Gilbey bar but I no the answer to that question would be if any company or org organisation was prepared or wished to talk about funding the theatre in any way and I think were 'd be more than welcome to sit down with and talk them and say well how would you perceive that which way would you like to go about it how can we assist that and I think we 're be open to suggestions from them how they see it I mean you know it could be seats it could be programmes it could be any any arrange of things that we 'd certainly welcome who approach us from companies but we I think we are pro-active in sense that we do n't wait for that to happen we actually go out but was said early I think given the recession it has been difficult lately to actually go out to companies and say I mean sure companies like the Harlow Council find it extremely finance the finances extremely difficult on them and with the recession it 's really difficult for them to actually find funding and I know lot 's of companies who actually cutting back on it certain areas I think funding of oth outside organisations will be one of the areas they 'll be cutting back on . |
| 12 | I 'll cook curry or lasagne but I never knew , I never knew the recipes I just sort of stuff and think that goes together well |
| 13 | I suppose he must have had more orthodox items in his wardrobe but I never saw them . |
| 14 | I do n't need to be reminded that it was the previous administration who put it in the structure plan but I also want to remind those who were n't here that I was utterly opposed to that at the time . |
| 15 | ‘ I would have preferred to have given them a run chase but I then decided we had to be positive and get whatever we could out of the match , ’ said Moxon . |
| 16 | I picked up my knife and attempted to copy the old lady but I soon got into difficulty . |
| 17 | At grammar school , of course , I had played rugby but I simply loved all sports . |
| 18 | I hated rugby but I always played when they wanted me to because I was really fast . |
| 19 | CATHERINE No , I would like to have been , I always wanted to have a child but I never did . |
| 20 | Erm I worked in the medical faculty but I actually left there yesterday and I 'm starting a new post in er ophthalmology on Monday so |
| 21 | I am excited and absorbed in my purpose to return to the inn but I never find my way there again . |
| 22 | ‘ If I 'd known then what I learned since I would not have lost the job or my place but I simply had some growing up to do . |
| 23 | ‘ Time and again , they said things like : ‘ I ca n't tell my Mum because she would n't believe me ’ or ‘ I told another teacher but I just got told off for telling lies ’ . |
| 24 | I could have got a nine to five job but I never wanted one . |
| 25 | Well I mean , they might sell it down the shop but I never heard of it . |
| 26 | It probably was n't bubbling and smoking away like a witch 's cauldron but I certainly remember it that way What was it ? |
| 27 | I invited the pensions establishment but I also brought in some of those who wanted change . |
| 28 | It says they do n't need any cooking but I rather wonder . |
| 29 | I may be getting on a bit but I still know a thing or two . ’ |
| 30 | They do n't always dress up of course but I soon got in the habit by trying on a Tommy Cooper-styled fez . |