Example sentences of "[adj] but i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personally , I always avoid fishing the corners of waters : I may be wrong but I simply feel that bream avoid such places . |
| 2 | Well it 's just that I may be totally wrong but I just read it first when you read it first it 's like its prey in the light if you see what I mean . |
| 3 | No , I know , I do n't mean owt , owt wrong but I just ca n't remember these two names , I do n't know why , there 's something I 've never been able to , cos I 've always said to you ai n't I ? |
| 4 | He said later : ‘ They do n't think there 's anything broken but I definitely wo n't be riding tomorrow . ’ |
| 5 | I do think it 's interesting but I just er |
| 6 | I think in fact it was too warm but I still thought it was cold . |
| 7 | I get a bit of paper and it 's more official but I still do n't get anywhere . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sick but I still think I 've done the right thing . |
| 9 | Well I can understand it being hard but I equally but you |
| 10 | I was n't used to it so it was quite hard but I really liked it . |
| 11 | Now I 've gone lazy but I still have enough gumption to realise the breakthrough is not going to be intellectual but spiritual . |
| 12 | I 'm sorry but I just do n't want a relationship right now . |
| 13 | I 'm sorry but I just ca n't support this view , what about pride , team confidence ( just imagine what this victory would do to that — considering , correct me if I 'm wrong , but the 3 sides we have beaten away from home are shit , and we have also been on a crap run recently ) , and not to mention a place in Europe — this is a 2nd place 6 pointer . |
| 14 | I 'm sorry but I just think that is outrageous ! |
| 15 | I 'm sorry but I really ca n't allow you to talk about Square in the middle of a paper on . |
| 16 | Maybe he was right but I never noticed them particularly pointed in my direction ! |
| 17 | I kept an ace but I only got a pair of eights with it which was no good . |
| 18 | It looked tall but I only saw it for a moment . ’ |
| 19 | And er the fact that she 's obviously gone on without it was awful , when she was pregnant the second time round she did n't make a big thing of being pregnant but you could tell she was pregnant but I never quite liked to say to her just in case they had the amnio amnio whatever it is and decided not to go |
| 20 | Thirty years later my volunteering instinct has come through intact but I still mistrust the American Air Force . |
| 21 | As for the Signature model , it 's certainly slick but I honestly do n't know where all the money 's gone ; the JD Tele is infinitely better value for money and it makes the price tag on the US-made version look very questionable indeed . |
| 22 | I left early before the nuns were awake but I only got as far as Glasgow before I lost my way . ’ |
| 23 | I mean , it 's odd : I used to feel sometimes I wanted to talk to him to see what he was really like but I never did . |
| 24 | ‘ Her particular interest in industrial development issues has been most useful but I fully appreciate the pressure of her business commitments — and in turn the value to the Highlands ’ of her companies ' continuing successes . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I was very lethargic but I just put it down to the first months of my pregnancy . |
| 26 | Now , the REALLY BIG QUESTION : why not find a place for him … yep I appreciate that Batty , McAllister , Speed & Strachan are all bloody good BUT I personally think Rocky is a far more skillful player than Batty , more likely to score goals ( than Batty ) & generally far more of an attacking player . |
| 27 | Yes it as I say it 's nothing grand but I just enjoyed this man 's conversation , he was so good . |
| 28 | all mothers are sacred but I just had to put the boot in on her , I 'm afraid , I said stuff ! |
| 29 | And it was grossly unprofessional but I really did n't think that much of it . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Maybe I 'm perverse but I never plan a picture . |