Example sentences of "[adv prt] but i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 61 | ‘ Stay calm , Roger , I could have blown you up but I did n't . |
| 62 | So I knew this would come up but I did n't realize he 'd be jumping onto the bandwagon that quick . |
| 63 | No er , cos they 'd have dry up but I did n't put none in . |
| 64 | Sufferers from Chemical Dependency say " I have tried repeatedly to give up but I find that I can not . |
| 65 | Difficult to prove at this stage when so many clam up but I have a distinct feeling that it was not only coupons that were being given away . |
| 66 | Oh no we 've got some really hard numbers french if I had a dictionary I could look it up but I have n't . |
| 67 | Sometimes a placenta simply lifted out but I had this one away from the cotyledons one by one , returning every few minutes to the hot water and antiseptic to re-soap my aching arms . |
| 68 | At first they asked me if I wanted my mum to go out but I said No , but when they started asking me all those sorts of questions they asked me again and I said Yes . |
| 69 | Well my pal and myself we took these two girls and we sat in the middle of the Temperance Hall and he said come on let's sit over on the balcony he says and put up my clothes by the radiator he says it 's been raining he says and it will dry them , so we moved , and exactly from were we moved was where the women got killed , just candelabra dropped on her and er when it happened the fella on the stage the comedian was singing , a hundred years from now you wo n't be here , and I wo n't be here and from the corner of my eye I could see something gradually dropping like one of these candelabras and I thought hello that 's part of the act you know , it was just gradually coming down and all of a sudden , whooosh and the roof came straight in oh and I do n't know sure I 'd I , everything went dark of course I mean it was all in blacked-out all the chairs were loose , so as the folks wended their way towards the exit doors they took the chairs with them , so they politely threw them back in the crowd that stood in the hall so you were dodging chairs as well as trying to get out , where we were , where we were seated the firemen were hacking at the windows thinking that it was a fire because all the dust had gone up in the air and the reflection of the light from the market I suppose and that would give the appearance of smoke , and he was , I said to this fireman I said there 's no fire , he says , he says there is I said there 's no fire in here , anyway we eventually got out but I took these girls back home to and I really , it was , properly unnerved us both and as we came on that old tram we were , we thought you know everything seemed to sort of upset us and when I got far more upset on the Sunday morning when I went to have a look at it , the whole roof had come right in , but there were fifty people got injured you know and about , oh there was one lady killed . |
| 70 | I was n't going to rush around buying horribly expensive things like smoke salmon that I could n't afford , I was going to do a big family feast and I was going to get in a few games like the monopoly or lotto or you know , I just , I have n't worked it out but I thought oh what fun |
| 71 | Yeah , but it 's very , it 's well , can , I do n't suppose it can be , I might of had one of the speakers out but I know there in the back of the speakers , you had this loft insulation it 's full of that |
| 72 | ‘ At the last moment she tried to back out but I dragged her back by the elbow . |
| 73 | ‘ They took the clot out but I lost my memory . |
| 74 | There are a number of forensic tests to be carried out but I expect to find that the razor was the weapon . ’ |
| 75 | We ca n't get him out but I do n't like him |
| 76 | But I say I believe in in one respect alright , she 's got the car she can whip in and out but I do believe in another respect she 's got to the point where she ca n't be bothered ! |
| 77 | I think he got out but I do n't think it would have been easy , there 's that time this morning . |
| 78 | I knew you might work it out but I reasoned that if I did n't rush forward to explain all , you might catch the culprit first and never have to trouble me . ’ |
| 79 | Erm no seriously I think it really should n't take long , you 're quite right to sort this matter out but I think three people really should go away and come back with a suggestion or a couple of suggestions . |
| 80 | A couple of months ago he wanted to come back but I said there 's no way he 'd come back here without us being married . |
| 81 | ‘ To be honest , I could n't even say when I 'm going to be back but I 've got to realistically think I wo n't make it for the European Cup . ’ |
| 82 | But er that 'll have to be paid back but I mean tha that 's nothing is it ? |
| 83 | The picture of Vern 's dad came back but I shoved it away again . |
| 84 | now if I was to go there and back that 's eighty pence , I mean I could get , for , for that e extra eighty pence I could get a few things in there that are dearer but I mean I like going down the town anyway and just wander and go back but I do get a few more bits in there now than I did . |
| 85 | Pascoe wanted to say : I was desperate , I was frightened , I wanted you back but I did n't know where you were . |
| 86 | It seemed early for Mum to be back but I did n't think anything of it . |
| 87 | I was going to go back but I did n't think I 'd make it so I landed here to be safe . |
| 88 | On the Monday I take it back but I did n't see her and I forgot . |
| 89 | I keep sending them back but I have n't got the twenty thousand yet . |
| 90 | It made it difficult to come back but I think I am improving . |