Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] but i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would bring something back for someone else but I would not bring it back for myself . |
| 2 | ‘ People have begun writing me off but I will be back . |
| 3 | " You 've been lovely and I 'm leading you on but I ca n't deliver at the moment . |
| 4 | I 'm sorry I ca n't serve you now but I 'll get back to the bar as soon as I can . |
| 5 | ‘ Seen you before but I ca n't think who you are ’ sort of look . |
| 6 | I tried to pull them out but I could n't . |
| 7 | He 's calling out to me now but I can hardly hear him because I 'm screaming so hard , wetting my pants as I squeeze the screams out . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know about anybody else but I 'd love a nice hot cup of tea , ’ Rose said as soon as they were all in the house . |
| 9 | He was unconscious and I tried to wake him up but I could n't . |
| 10 | looks nice , no burnt or anything , and I says ee it 's lovely is it , I said alright , would been down for this morning like and I says ooh come on then do n't bother when you get home starting making anything I says just say , let's ask for steak pies , so I says er can we have er two steak and kidney pies please ? , she said I 'm sorry we do n't , there is n't any kidney an all , I 'm glad there is n't I did n't want , well I 'd of eaten 'em like but I 'd rather have them without |
| 11 | I looked it up but I could n't |
| 12 | Erm we are renumbering some points in that one , erm we were trying to avoid it before but I ca n't seem any way of avoiding it here because these are major new things . |
| 13 | ‘ I wo n't promise anything , ’ she said following him , ‘ I 've never tackled a job like it before but I might just be able to make a built-up boot for you . ’ |
| 14 | It would n't take long to do it now but I ca n't be bothered |
| 15 | I was gon na give it to Ian to take to college tonight , but he 's not in so I ca n't , so I 've got ta send it now but I ca n't address . |
| 16 | They 've got instruments for doing it now but I used to stick to my bit of stick . |
| 17 | Yes it only wants stitching up , I said er really I could sit and do it now but I could n't be bothered . |
| 18 | I looked for it everywhere but I could not find it . |
| 19 | ‘ I would like to shut myself away but I ca n't . |
| 20 | Of course , the police are n't prepared to commit themselves yet but I 'll bet that 's what they 're thinking . |