Example sentences of "but i [verb] it [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I knew it before it was The Sun you see . |
| 2 | Erm , I took her at her word , I still looked for work , I did n't stop looking for work but I took it that she was happy enough me being on the dole if it meant that we could stay around Bay or Anglesey . |
| 3 | I confess to having myself once described a particularly abstruse provision as ‘ something of a minor masterpiece of opacity ’ , but I regret it because I think that such shafts are frequently not aimed at the right target . |
| 4 | There is nothing illegal in this method , to my knowledge anyway , but I avoid it because to me it seems like cheating . |
| 5 | But I mean it when I tell him . |
| 6 | It was a long haul with my heavy bag to the bus stop at the top of town next day , but I made it and set out on a bus journey westward from Roscommon to Galway . |
| 7 | I think I was expecting it all to be much worse , but I enjoyed it and could honestly say that it was one of the best days of my life . |
| 8 | It was only a one-sided lock , which is completely and totally different to an ordinary lock er working both sides , you see what I mean and er I er I 'd got to er make a key , number thirty-nine just like that , see but I had it and I could find out what thirty-nine was and I could make them one and send it and knowing it would fit see and er when they had different people working there , you know staff , things like that , not a lot of orders but er somebody else come . |
| 9 | I 've never liked that turn of phrase — ’ detain ’ — but I ignored it and relievedly closed the airlock behind them . |
| 10 | but I know it cos the other week when I had to work till half past eight for Peter , he was having a dinner party and erm we went down there , I had to go shopping with him , he made me die cos he asked me if I 'd work a bit later and I said yeah I need the money , so I 'll work later so er he made me die because he said in this flare up , this argument when when I worked that day , I mean , I worked all day , I had nothing to eat and I could n't eat af , you know , cos of this trouble I could n't eat after |
| 11 | You can see how much I move the switch — I wear the paint off the thing — but I put it where you can always get at it . |
| 12 | ‘ But I like it when boys whistle at me , ’ she continued . |
| 13 | ‘ I know I 'm going to be a marked man but I like it when people are tight on me . |
| 14 | I should n't , but I like it when he comes in at lunch-time from wherever he goes . |
| 15 | The frame around them is extremely heavy , but I chose it because it reminded me of some of the heavier framed Victorian pictures that have a botanical feel . |
| 16 | Well I do n't mind doing one card , but I hate it when I 've got about seven or eight of them chuffing things ! |
| 17 | He hit me a lot , but I suffered it till I could n't stand it any more . |
| 18 | The Martin Pipe camp believe that they would have beaten Morley Street granted a faster pace in the Elite Hurdle here last month , but I doubt it and confidently expect Toby Balding 's star to confirm his superiority on 6lb better terms . |
| 19 | It does n't have pockets but I liked it because of the red buttons . ’ |
| 20 | But I entertain it because I see no other . ’ |
| 21 | The cold was intense , but I welcomed it because it gave us an excuse to lie close together for warmth . |
| 22 | Sometimes I 'll even do more exaggerated things than he would have done , but I do it because that 's the way the music makes me feel . |
| 23 | I 'm sorry about that but I did it while was out . |
| 24 | later years , say well okay I , I have n't got a fantastic voice but I did it and that was the bravest thing I did cos I know I have n't |
| 25 | My girlfriend at the time was the daughter of an exterior decorator , and I hated exterior decorating — I mean , even at home just helping out — I hated it , but I did it because it was something to do . |
| 26 | I did it , I hit her with the iron chain your convict left on the marshes , but I did it because I hated you ! ’ |
| 27 | I think it was a hard life but I loved it while I was doing it . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But I loved it and I loved singing and so I was performing by the age of four . |
| 29 | But I see it as something very special , all black , umber , dark , dark grey , mysterious angular forms in shadow leading to the distant soft honey-whitish square of the light-filled door . |
| 30 | I do n't see it as a waste of time , but I see it as erm , as may be an as a a n a necessary delay . |