Example sentences of "i but [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a good player but I but I think he 's always looked after himself , I mean he 's he 's |
| 2 | Some people did n't like me but everybody liked her , ’ says Italo , his hands alternately jabbing and caressing the air as he speaks . |
| 3 | I had desperately wanted to rush outside and leave the whole wretched affair behind me but something told me I had to stay and face the music . |
| 4 | Not just that he 's home with me but we had our courting days and you and Sarah missed even those . |
| 5 | The idea excites me but it scares me too , ’ she confesses . |
| 6 | This was a side of her nature that she 'd kept hidden from me but it made me realise my feelings were justified . |
| 7 | So I I 've got that with me but I 've what what what we 'll do now is we 'll start to erm make our way towards coffee , which I think might be welcome . |
| 8 | I said that 's none of my business , nothing to do with me but I said I should think it 's a tragic waste for you and I say , it wastes your money but that 's entirely down to you . |
| 9 | The boys were younger than me but I remember them coming to school — and what a job that was for them . |
| 10 | I am afraid that she had no success with me but I remember our chanting of ‘ Rowned and rowned — up and dowwnn — rowned and rowned . ’ |
| 11 | He did not recognize me but I knew he was the gentleman I had met on the stairs when visiting Miss Havisham . |
| 12 | ‘ Everyone was watching me but I knew I did n't need to go fast . |
| 13 | I was standing in the kitchen , he did n't see me but I saw him . |
| 14 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 15 | I dare say it 's silly of me but I thought we 'd wait till the coast was clear , so to speak , ’ she ended , smiling at her own accidental pun . |
| 16 | ‘ Mr Christie , ’ said a voice , ‘ you do n't know me but I know you , We have met and I know that you are a good man and a religious man . |
| 17 | Not really , it does n't annoy me but I know there are some like women older than me in in my office that know they 're not gon na get anywhere because it 's all men . |
| 18 | It might mean , it prob er I suppose in a sense that does n't matter very much to me but I suppose it might matter if you 're sixty yeah yeah . |
| 19 | Well , I shall move out when it suits me but I want you to know that the contents of these rooms are mine and I shall fight for them in Court if need be . ’ |
| 20 | Oh I could have er er well it does n't debar me but I feel it , it would it would n't be right , for me being a Labour Party member sitting on a , a non-segregated and non-political gr er ah association , |
| 21 | On my first day of school my mum kept trying to wake me but I pretended I was asleep because I was so nervous , eventually mum knew that I was playing a trick . |
| 22 | If members allowances are a hundred and eighty thousand this year which is somewhere around there , Mr may correct me but I think I 'm not too far out , we 've already upped those this year to a hundred and eighty- nine , so next year there 'll be a hundred and seventy-one and the thirteen thousand cost of this will reduce it to a hundred and fifty-eight I actually do n't think that is possible , we ca n't afford it within the terms of of the present set up , unless someone 's going to dramatically reduce the length and the number of meetings in this council , which I think is highly unlikely , I think we 've got to set a good example to our employees , I think that this would give completely the wrong message . |
| 23 | Maria came to help me but he sent her out . |
| 24 | Well she did n't persuade me but she said she thought it was a very good idea because it was on all the new sets and while I was buying a new set I might as well |
| 25 | ‘ She said she did n't want to disturb me but she needed my advice . |