Example sentences of "be [adj] but i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 2 | My neighbours are friendly but I do n't really know anybody intimately . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They may have even been friendly but I remembered the old saying , ‘ On a dark lonely road , one never meets a friend ’ . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , sir , I am sorry but I saw it lying there and the temptation was too much for me . ’ |
| 6 | Not only have your reports been first-lass but I have been particularly pleased that you were able to establish and maintain such good relations with the girl 's family and with the police . |
| 7 | Gazza said : ‘ Some of what he did might have been wrong but I respect the fact that Maradona made himself the player Napoli could n't do without when he was in Italy . |
| 8 | Most slopes are outside but I went to the 30 metre slope at Calshot Activities Centre at Calshot Spit in the Solent . |
| 9 | It has n't always been easy but I 've always kept my self-respect , and I have n't let anybody take that away . |
| 10 | Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ? |
| 11 | Yeah , they 're clean but I wan na clear up spots on my back ! |
| 12 | I have a feeling that he had been married but I do not know what happened . |
| 13 | Well , I have n't been married but I have , did recently graduate , and that was a very important day for me |
| 14 | No , no I was gon na say some you know , just sort of just some ideas are good but I tell you have n't they got some beautiful erm candle holders around this year some really unusual ones . |
| 15 | The lumps are heavy but I drove myself till my arms cried out and the sweat runs down my back . |
| 16 | I did n't even know if they had been responsible but I had nothing more to offer . |
| 17 | Well I 'm sorry but I 've been working . |
| 18 | the only one who worked full time , they came on Christmas Eve with reluctant , because I said look I 'm sorry but I have to work Christmas Eve lunch time , and they said right we 'll be there at five past one , and I finish at one , there were there at five past one , they finally left two days after Christmas because I said I 'm sorry I have to go back to work today . |
| 19 | I actually I I intend to believe you actually have been sent by the Jehovah 's Witness to defend the indefensible , it 's a kind of like a and I I y'know , I 'm I 'm sorry but I do n't really think this actually deserves that . |
| 20 | BUYER : I 'm sorry but I do n't like the look of that car . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , Miss Day , I 'm sorry but I see no excuse to recommend you should opt for a termination . |
| 22 | I do n't think yo I think you may be right but I do n't think I could keep up with the different kind of hairstyles ! |
| 23 | Now I 'm not entirely positive if I 'm right but I think that would be easier to do because you could then alter that round to and then you 'd have your three X as a separate thing . |
| 24 | May be I 'm wrong but I think it 's in a block . |
| 25 | I mean I do n't , I do n't believe that your government is stupid er it may be immoral on occasions , it may be wrong but I do n't believe it 's necessarily stupid . |
| 26 | wrote to them and said yes I 'd be interested but I have n't heard anything since . |
| 27 | As someone who made little enough progress beyond Youll Cup school tennis and county junior teams in 20 years , I remain to be convinced but I enjoyed the three hours I spent reading the book . |
| 28 | Some people say that grips should be individual but I believe that it is impossible to change the laws of nature . |
| 29 | You think I 'm paranoid but I tell you , man , there is something going on . |
| 30 | Wo n't be easy but I predict a 3–2 win . |