Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] but i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted to sit down but I said we 've just got to get out as soon as possible . |
| 2 | She wanted to sit down but I said we 've just got to get out as soon as possible . |
| 3 | I , I did n't intend to come on but I think it 's one of the best er , Sunday mornings I 've had in years ! |
| 4 | Three pound fifteen shillings yeah and that 's how , that 's how the work went at that time but as I say these boatmen erm they used t they used to sit down on lock gates day in and day out and did n't have a ship to come in but I 've kno kno known them to row down the river at high tide or it 's before high tide and there 'd be another erm , there 'd be other boatmen there , one was called , he went down , he used to go down and get 'em going , there used to be a race between these two families or the and the first one got the boat , the first one roped it in you see , or wh what we call roping in , moor mooring the ship up , that was |
| 5 | Well that 's interesting because yes we have we have discussed that and I do n't know whether the er the clerk wants to comment further but I think that is absolutely right and and if that could be taken further it would be of very positive benefit to you know the car parking problem for those people who want to shop on King Street and have difficulties in find a car parking space . |
| 6 | I used to have a load of homework to take home with me because I had to catch up but I did n't used to mind that . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It made it difficult to come back but I think I am improving . |
| 9 | I told her I was scared to go home but I thought I ought to , and of course she said , ‘ You 'd be best to come here , then , and when you feel like it , we can phone your parents and tell them whatever you want them to know . |
| 10 | ‘ I would like to win here but I think I will need to shoot 65 or 66 to do that . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't know what possessed me to do so but I started twitching the squid like I would have done a deadbait piking when suddenly the rod thumped over ! |
| 12 | Sufferers from Chemical Dependency say " I have tried repeatedly to give up but I find that I can not . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I was going to go back but I did n't think I 'd make it so I landed here to be safe . |
| 15 | You say look I 'm student , right , I lost the th address of the er whom to send to and I 've got an assessment to send in but I do n't know how the hell I 'm gon na send it on . |
| 16 | And then it 'll give you the time just to relax together but I mean that , that 's why I say , Rudy has n't got a clue in this |
| 17 | It could have been her last name , or a state she like to exist in but I think it was a number involved . |
| 18 | ‘ I want him to live forever but I know I 'm making the right decision even if he dies . |
| 19 | ‘ At the last moment she tried to back out but I dragged her back by the elbow . |
| 20 | The responses were later grouped into three categories : ( a ) never smoker — ‘ I have never smoked a cigarette , not even a puff ’ ; ( b ) tried but stopped — ‘ I have only ever tried smoking once or twice but I do n't smoke now , ’ or ‘ I used to smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke now ’ ; ( c ) current smoker — ‘ I smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke as much as one cigarette a week ’ or ‘ I usually smoke between one and six cigarettes a week , ’ or ‘ I usually smoke more than six cigarettes a week . ’ |
| 21 | I wanted to stay in but I wanted to go out , and vice versa . |
| 22 | Oh they would n't stop them if they wanted to get in but I mean it just makes it easier . |
| 23 | ‘ I hate having to pack in but I had no choice , ’ said Harper , whose time of 7hr 15min 3sec was a nine-minute improvement on his personal best . |
| 24 | well you do n't have to have any but I do n't see why I should do without because you do n't want any |
| 25 | Well , not really but they have been disillusioned over the years they 've promised so much and then they 've never seemed seemed to get anywhere but I think , I honestly think they would , people would get behind them , if they could see they were going somewhere I mean like this season they seem to have fallen away yet again . |
| 26 | But this is ready to take home but I said oh , can I have it out ? |
| 27 | Oh fucking hell , I was gon na try and remember some of the questions to bring in but I did n't . |