Example sentences of "but [conj] i [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If she should by chance ever read these words , I think she would confirm not merely that this was how he spoke but that I have not misrepresented her reactions . |
| 3 | For a real account of the BCR we must wait for Martin Davies 's definitive history , but although I have only included some of the anecdotes which crop up again and again , and a few photographs , many BCRS member have given invaluable assistance , and the presence of the Railway taken for granted throughout the time covered by ‘ BISHOP 'S CASTLE WELL-REMEMBERED ’ . |
| 4 | I do sometimes go down to 2½lb , but although I have never been broken on it I never feel as confident as I ought . |
| 5 | They 'd , they had to because there were , they got , when , after the union was formed you know , they were having the rights er but and I think really the hours they put in and the type of work they deserved it , but erm there was a time you know when the bosses were bossy sort of thing , and er and you adhered to that , because you did n't know anything different until erm the unions started up , but erm I know there were one or two processions you know and peer rights and all this that and the other , but erm on the whole it 's er it 's been an eventful life in , in some ways , very eventful and it 's been interesting . |
| 6 | And I know it 's difficult to get people motivated when they 've been hit down and hit down so often , er but and I do n't think that you could do er any great erm as as we said when we went into the flats , we did n't go in with any big , world shattering ideas of of causing a revolution or you know , of doing er putting on a big project or anything , it was actually to be with the people in their situation and gradually to help improve somehow , if we could . |
| 7 | That means not only do I get a glass of beer and a scone by the fire , and the chance to pat one of their huge pack of gorgeous shiny dogs , but if I ask politely and do n't step on the Jack Russell , I also get permission to bring my car along the private road . |
| 8 | ‘ Hunt is a legend here but if I go on and beat his all-time record I think it 'll take some bettering . |
| 9 | But if I go back out without you , and you agreeing … ’ |
| 10 | but if I come back in night time I have to put that light on and it 's empty |
| 11 | But if I write back and say I have n't actually had any wages since the seventeenth of January I might get it backdated from then . |
| 12 | You did n't see it , of course , but if I remember correctly , Waris had added to the film the sound effect of a raw cabbage being crushed . |
| 13 | But if I remember correctly on one of the progr on television going back sort of two three months ago , one of the firms , and I think it was an electrical firm , was working a bit of a swift one erm they were getting people to sign a document which purported I think to be erm l l loaning money , hire agreement . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's years since I 've been up here , ’ Vitor said , ‘ but if I remember correctly there 's a good vantage point another mile on . ’ |
| 15 | But if I bring in my camera it means |
| 16 | It ai n't a street or nothing , but if I get there I might recognise summat and then know where I am . |
| 17 | I said to Bev erm do n't mean to say , I mean I might get home and find she 's got a phone call but she said to me yes I mean we , she did think of going out yesterday , and it was me that stopped it but if I feel so inclined today we 'll go down if she 's in |
| 18 | I 've reached a stage where I ca n't be bothered with a lot of these guys , but if I rule out the ones who take drugs from my circle of friends I will be left with literally no one to socialise with . |
| 19 | Michael still lives with his mum and I live with my mum , but if I sleep up my house , he sleeps up my house . |
| 20 | But if I find out , I shall tell you . |
| 21 | I may be allowed to know this , but if I believe both 1 and |
| 22 | I will try to contact you by telephone , but if I do not manage it , I would be grateful if you could try to ring me on the above number , extension 4425 . |
| 23 | If I get the result I wanted there is consolidation rather than extension of my committee skills , but if I do not get the result I wanted then I have learned something and I form a new hypothesis about my next interjection strengthened by this new learning . |
| 24 | But if I do not go to him , he will never come to me , said her mind . |
| 25 | But if I do n't that 's when I risk slipping into a coma . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But if I do n't achieve it , I wo n't think I 've had a life unfulfilled . |
| 27 | But if I do n't have a reason to go , no I wo n't go . ’ |
| 28 | I said I needed some air , but if I do n't go back soon … |
| 29 | But if I do n't think ‘ Oh God , that 's dirty ! ’ well , then , it 's alright . |
| 30 | " But if I do n't have that name you 'll walk the streets too — and you know how difficult it will be to find another position without references . " |