Example sentences of "but they [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the neighbours knew about my interest in birds , but they thought I kept them in cages . |
| 2 | Those sessions nearly wrecked my hearing for life , but they made me laugh so much and took up so much of my off-duty that , as time went by , sometimes , just sometimes , I was able to laugh at my one-time passion for Bill . |
| 3 | But they made me feel great , I told them , " I want to live here . " |
| 4 | During a run in a Neil Simon play , I struggled with soft lenses but they made me cry constantly — which was unfortunate , as Neil tends to expect laughs . |
| 5 | But they had I do n't know if you know it had been absolutely dilapidated , the hall , I mean it was absolutely run down and it was n't used . |
| 6 | Well , I like them a lot , but they make me feel kind of young and stupid at times . ’ |
| 7 | I 've got some pills but they make me feel like a rag in the mornings . |
| 8 | But they make me die because you , you you 're a day , I mean we got this sort of letter the bailiffs were coming in because we were a day late . |
| 9 | ‘ We were from different cultures , but they kept me going through the bad times . |
| 10 | Now then part of it is they ask me You do n't have to , but they ask me to ask people to sign erm to say It 's just to say that you do n't mind your conversation being used . |
| 11 | Quite why this put the scrutineers in a dilemma I do n't know , but they asked me to protest to get them off the hook . |
| 12 | I ca n't afford it but they say I 've got to pay it so they 'll take me to court . |