Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [am/are] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In Rome , I 'll be going out to win but I 'm looking on it first and foremost as the chance to get the feel of the hurdles again . ’ |
| 2 | But I 'm standing on his shoulders , Dagmar . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Too damn much for my own peace of mind , ’ he returned , ‘ but I 'm working on it . |
| 4 | But I 'm relying on you , so do n't let me down . |
| 5 | But I 'm going on a diet |
| 6 | Yeah but I 'm going on a trip tomorrow and I need them back ? |
| 7 | But I 'm told on this day , May thirteenth , thirty seven years ago , and that should bring back a lot of memories for many of you , the Three-Ninetieth flew its hundred and fifth combat mission from this station and many of you remember that day . |
| 8 | ‘ But we 're going on a trip , lovie . |
| 9 | But we 're relying on you to put it on there . |
| 10 | I would say we 've lost about fifty per cent but we 're putting on a promotion to try and get people in |
| 11 | But we 're working on it ! ’ |
| 12 | But we 're working on it , so it should be out in the not too distant future . ’ |
| 13 | ( But we 're working on it . ) |
| 14 | ‘ We ca n't fix a definite time of death until after the post mortem , but we 're working on the assumption that it was shortly after the time agreed for the rendezvous — midnight . |
| 15 | But we 're working on a tight schedule and if we 're gon na keep to it , there 's one thing we got ta do first . ’ |
| 16 | But we 're working on that . |
| 17 | At the moment , sad to say that physical vertical is the most effective means of slowing people down and and narrowings and visual erm signs and that kind of thing , road markings , do not have the same effect er but we are working on that and hopefully in our next batch of schemes we will start to experiment with things like speed cushions and what have you which , which have a lesser effect on , on erm on both minibuses and buses . |
| 18 | ‘ But we are working on the idea of a monthly publication , probably starting in May , to act as a kind of bulletin to keep supporters in touch with what is happening , ’ he said . |
| 19 | But we are dwelling on the splendours of Augusta , not the frailties of Westminster or Capitol Hill . |
| 20 | Oh , yes , but they 're going on that 's to sake of free , at the moment so the last thing that they 're interested in doing is talking to me about if I know what I 'm doing . |
| 21 | Groups like that have tremendous power in the United States but they are marginalized on the culture of America , having formidable influence but not respected or trusted . |
| 22 | ( Lighter fabric weights are quoted in the USA , but they are based on uncoated fabric , e.g. 1/2 or 3/4 oz/yd . ) |
| 23 | There are three equally spaced pointed arm spines on the proximal segments , but they are lacking on the distalmost segments . |
| 24 | But they are ranged on a continuum and a satisfactory account really depends on a theory of language which encompasses both grammar and lexis within the same descriptive scheme and makes explicit the relationship between them . |
| 25 | But they are designed on quite different principles from literate books . |