Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] but i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They used to be Bangor fans but I think I have won them over to Glentoran . ’ |
| 2 | He was a bit suspicious I must admit when I bought him those Janet Reger nighties but I knew he 'd never get the chance to wear them . |
| 3 | I may have reindeer antlers but I do n't have Santa Claws ! |
| 4 | The government feels it can rely on er auditors to protect the interests of share holders and the creditors and the other stake holders but I have to tell the minister that that reliance which is now er strengthened by the regulations b by the er the order today has always proved er inadequate in the er in in the past er because poor auditing practices always get covered up , there 's no way for anybody to know how bad or how good er the audit is as long as a company er survives and we have n't developed in this country , the proper institutional framework to regulate auditors er effectively and to actually make them er er accountable . |
| 5 | I love salad sandwiches but I hate making them ! |
| 6 | Carried ‘ I knew the police were firing tracer bullets but I thought we would be safe at the back . |
| 7 | You could just see them at low water and er that was one of the danger points but I 've never seen ships coming close to Skerrymor at all . |
| 8 | ‘ I shop in High Street stores but I love second-hand markets and charity shops . |
| 9 | Mr Jarvis , who first gained the attention of Mrs Major through his readings of the Richmal Crompton 's William stories , says : ‘ The BBC have been after me to record some more William stories but I have decided that one series a year is quite enough . |
| 10 | No sample questions but I mean in terms of the syllabus that you 've got there is y'know you 're much better off just having an understanding of it . |
| 11 | they talk about surface features but I mean that 's gon na be e even more for people to understand . |
| 12 | I knew him , back in student days but I had n't seen him for ten years . ’ |
| 13 | Gentlemen , I I do want to make a point because I know we 're not ready for elected Mayors or cabinet governments but I do think we c we can do a lot more to er improve our own internal workings here . |
| 14 | I now have good career prospects but I feel as if I 've lost my soul |
| 15 | I turn up for staff meals but I do n't really eat at them because young Pooley is so guilty about what he 's condemned me to that he keeps on having parcels of goodies delivered . |
| 16 | Here look inside here it 's meant to be bonsai trees but I do n't know whether I 'll ever remem materialize . |
| 17 | Not that I have anything against gas fitters but I do think that to do what I did at 15 takes a bit more courage . |
| 18 | I know I wondered what happened there , I thought maybe it was the cleaners trying to hoover behind I really ought to change my bed clothes but I do n't remember the last time I did it |
| 19 | There is no year tracer in this series of chassis numbers but I suspect your vehicle was built in 1963 . |
| 20 | Mm , I thought they were on the way here , I saw loads of for sale signs but I did n't see any new ones |
| 21 | One of the main purposes of o of a consortium is actually looking at the health needs erm it 's impressions that I 've I actually got o on a number of occasions that I 've er I think involvement in assessing health needs but I 've actually answered anywhere er , and I 'd very interested as to how or what kind of input erm we will be looking to on that ? |
| 22 | So I got some of them velour curtains but I 've got the wrong size I 'll have to take them back |
| 23 | I have always had women artists but I 've never made a point of it . |
| 24 | " I do n't like bedding plants but I love to use things like Alchemilla mollis and all the ground covers like creeping mint and thyme , chamomile and Tolmiea menziesii . |
| 25 | He went on : ‘ I could get more money if I gave up performing for master classes but I do n't continue working for the money . |
| 26 | Erm I I I would obviously take very seriously the N R A responsibilities but I think you 've got to bear in mind there 's within the water act , there 's a thing called infrastructure charges |
| 27 | And I ca n't cope walking around in my reading glasses but I 've got |
| 28 | The old chestnut of fire safety came up again and I understand that they do talk about treatment standards but I do n't know what they say about them . |
| 29 | ‘ I have earned a comfortable living from Party Planners but I lost the bulk of my money as a Lloyd 's Name , ’ she said . |
| 30 | And er at that stage we tried the fire hydrants but I mean there was no water in the pumps the electric pumps there was no ele electric power 'cos the elec electric er generator was blown to bits , well they were n't working anyway . |