Example sentences of "but [subord] i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once I have the thing and make it available , and say here is the gift that I promised it 's yours , it 's available , then , all you have to do is come and take it . |
| 2 | But if I had the money this is the car I 'd do . |
| 3 | But if I defy the village — the parish — I automatically defy Peter . |
| 4 | But if I offend the court , its opponents think I am a friend . |
| 5 | ‘ We are a bit thin on the ground up front but if I stuck the cleaner and laundry lady out there I know they would give me 110 per cent . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But if I take the job , ’ she blurted , goaded by the idea that he found her lack of sophistication amusing , ‘ it wo n't be because I like the house . |
| 7 | But if I get the right sort of backing I 'm sure we can turn things round . |
| 8 | But if I overstepped the mark it was because you made the running . ’ |
| 9 | " But if I do the thinking , you must obey me , for I ca n't do both . |
| 10 | But if I have the power to push , then surely I also have the power to lift ? |
| 11 | You will say I ought to have informed you I would not part with the boy in such circumstances as you had taken trouble to describe but until I saw the girl I was not sure in my own mind what to do and only made it up when confronted with her and not taking to her at all . |
| 12 | These terminological changes are not made merely for the sake of variety but because I believe the substitute terms convey their meaning more pointedly than Marx 's originals . |
| 13 | ‘ So tell me about the twins , ’ I said , not because I was interested , but because I wanted the senator to talk while I dreamed up a strategy to turn down his request . |
| 14 | But since I represent the country , I can not agree with this , ’ he stated . |
| 15 | But before I take the first step out of here , I think I 'll feel pretty good about the knowledge and inquisitive spirit I 've been able to share and the doors I 've helped open . |
| 16 | I start up the hill towards Dýrafjöđ3ur but before I reach the top I am treated to some Icelandic weather . |
| 17 | But after I opened the cupboard , I began to think . |
| 18 | At first he thought I was mad , but when I took the live animals out of my pocket to show him , he believed me . |
| 19 | I wrote to the Secretary of State for the Environment and was told that it was really a matter for the chief environmental officer of the local authority , but when I took the matter up with the local environmental officer , his response — and it is to his credit that he responded — was , ’ Well , it may be bad , but it is not really so bad that I must take any action . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We did n't , but when I heard the whisper about the picture I decided to beef up the budget , ’ her father explained . |
| 21 | But when I cut the roads it was cut with a finger mower . |
| 22 | But when I rubbed the leaves between my fingers and offered her my fingertips to sniff , her reaction was dramatic . |
| 23 | Erm and we 're talking about half a thousandth of an inch , and for that you know , the man , but when I investigated the case , the man had been working on these things for about three or four weeks . |
| 24 | Yeah , because I mean , like when I had the home erm , that again obviously you ca n't , people said that , I mean , it 's changed a lot but when I had the home you did n't just pull an , out anybody from the street and call them care assistants you had to offer them a day 's training every week |
| 25 | I amused myself for about a month doing that , but when I got the cast taken off I found it uncomfortable to play conventional style — so I 've always felt right at home playing over the neck . |
| 26 | ‘ I have no idea why he picked me , but when I got the call , I screamed with delight . |
| 27 | but when I got the car back on to the road , I mean I 'm a , a complete bag of nerves and I 'm , I 'm not wanting to be walking along the , the edge of the bypass at one o'clock in the morning |
| 28 | But when I put the phone down I find he has been standing in the doorway . |
| 29 | A DISTRIBUTOR putting leaflets through my door broke the flap of my letter-box , but when I contacted the company concerned , Direct Delivery Ltd. , of Lisburn , they said they were not liable for damages . |
| 30 | If I 'd had time to think , I would have used my bat , but when I saw the ball , it was just about to start its downward path . |