Example sentences of "[noun] but [adv] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were gon na call her Lisa Marie but then I said Bernie said that because mum done so much for me during |
| 2 | I discussed it with my department but basically I ended up doing it . |
| 3 | I had always believed that survival lay in the mind but now I knew there were things one could n't survive . |
| 4 | So I mean is certainly makes sense on the background and very calmly by er Mr saying very positive so I ca n't hold my hand up and pick out particular in which they , some of them er never change opposition District Council that their negative response if you like but there were , there were some positive responses but only I have to say this for something like four er proposed paper and one of those in which er lots of in which relevance and er businesses in the area could have er the thing that er response was er this this partic particular phrase would seem to be saying trouble erm er identified . |
| 5 | ‘ I first thought they made a mistake with the test but later I thought it was more anti-American . ’ |
| 6 | He is , after all , the Chairman of that committee but certainly I advised him against that and I thought it was totally wrong er to do it in the way he did and I , I think it was a shame for this Council that he , that he did go ahead , but there you are . |
| 7 | I 'm still a big eater but now I choose all the healthy options , says Odette . |
| 8 | Lorimer was the name that sprung to mind as well as a match for Sterland but then I suppose he was n't a defender . |
| 9 | That was a great cross by , did absolut did absolutely magnificent , he controlled the ball he turned left footed shot in and hit against the post , very very unfortunate fo for Blackburn but then I suppose Shrewsbury deserve a little bit of luck . |
| 10 | I thought she was being sarky about my bouquet but then I realized all the rooms were named after flowers . |
| 11 | Well I was thinking of walking home from the centre of the town but then I thought to hell with it . |
| 12 | We have made as we intended to do , if you remember we er advertised widely in accordance with our equal opportunities policy , er for that post but also I think in accordance with equal opportunity we wanted to give people the er chance to develop their range of skills internally for some of the er lower grade posts and therefore er initially the other posts er have been advertised internally and we filled the temporary er assistant administration erm post er internally . |
| 13 | To conclude the story I do n't know who pegged the match but afterwards I talked to one of the locals who told me they never peg the stretch where I was . |
| 14 | Erm I 've played with Clyde Ladies for about five years but previously I played with Stewarton . |
| 15 | Well I , he lived at Stowmarket for years but then I heard not so long ago that they had moved to Ipswich but where I do n't know but they must be , whether he 's than I have now I do n't know either . |
| 16 | Mr but like I pretended I had to go and see him not because I had to go and see him just because I did n't wan na go to assembly really ! |
| 17 | ‘ It took me three attempts to land the fish but eventually I managed to bring it in to the bank and my mate Paul scooped the net under it . |
| 18 | ‘ We had n't got a bite from any fish but then I felt a tug on the line , ’ said Robert . |
| 19 | My mum never took any board but now I 've got this job I 'll have to start paying her . |
| 20 | It was a real pleasure to win something for a change but unfortunately I do n't like knitting . |
| 21 | That was a bad attitute but fortunately I managed to hang on . ’ |
| 22 | It was an absolute brute but eventually I did manage to dig it all out . |
| 23 | Initially , I had much support but then I became introverted . |
| 24 | I went over budget but then I expected I would . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't play in the five-asides but then I did n't play in them much before because I tend to get too argumentative and carried away sometimes . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't know about the rest but anyway I 've got to pass the word around . ’ |
| 27 | I still do n't see Lucker but then I do n't want to any more because I feel guilty . |
| 28 | Lunch was an avocado and prawn sandwich and a carton of mango juice , which I admit were a bit out of character but otherwise I looked for all the world like a real musher . |
| 29 | I think erm I think is quite fair maybe if concessions could be raised to one fifty or two pounds but overall I think that people who can afford it spend such a lot of money on the raffle and we therefore give raffle tickets to those who can afford it could jealousy and on the raffle generally about a hundred pounds is made and if there , if there was more charge for tickets , people might not give so much for the raffles and also if you give but if you charge them a nominal sum and then shove other things at them on their options they might be more willing to give to optional choices like a raffle . |
| 30 | I did my ‘ O ’ levels , and then my ‘ A's but really I had no particular academic drive . |