Example sentences of "but i be [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am jumping ahead of myself . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ I 've got just £476 from them but I am owed about £1,300 . |
| 3 | But I am getting ahead of myself . |
| 4 | ‘ I am not married at the moment , but I am looking forward to a very happy future with Natasha 's father . |
| 5 | But I am looking forward to the first leg . |
| 6 | A grateful Hankin said : ‘ We have a mountain to climb , but I am looking forward to the challenge . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But I am looking forward to my new role as it will be a fresh challenge for me . ’ |
| 8 | But I was staying inside , learning about what the world was really like , or , rather , what Pansy Fanshawe thought it was like . |
| 9 | I SUPPOSE a lot of people are waiting to greet the first cuckoo of spring , but I was looking forward to the first hedgehog of spring . |
| 10 | ‘ I mean , I 'm very pleased she 's off on a holiday with her friend , but I was looking forward to spending some time with her … ’ |
| 11 | It was quite sad to leave but I was looking forward to starting my new school . |
| 12 | All around me the bedlam continued but I was looking inward . |
| 13 | But I was trembling so badly that it shook the knife out of my skin , and I could move again . |
| 14 | By the end of the week I was still having the occasional fake nightmare , I would suddenly go very quiet and shivery every now and again , but I was eating more or less normally and could answer most questions quite happily . |
| 15 | But I was grinning too . |
| 16 | Then I fell asleep , but I was woken very suddenly by a smell of burning . |
| 17 | She started writing to him and she did n't wan na , she do n't like him , she hates him , but I was saying like yeah go on ! |
| 18 | But I was coming home . |
| 19 | I wanted to see you again , but I was dashing all over Europe that week , and I did n't have time to chase you in person , so I thought I 'd say it with flowers . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I 'm sure I should n't have , but I was feeling so guilty about you that I would have agreed to do anything you asked . ’ |
| 21 | Some of the brothers were busy in the scriptorium but I was greeted courteously and no one objected when I began to leaf through the manuscript Southgate had left upon the table . |
| 22 | I went home and I st I got very very anxious , I started feeling suicidal , I was blubbering at everything on the television , now I could cry but I was crying too much . |
| 23 | I had long intended making this proposition to the Secretary of State , but I was urged sooner to it perhaps because I felt that I was reduced in circumstances and thrown from my position in Society , and I hoped by a grand effort to establish a permanent claim on the consideration of Her Majesty 's Government . |
| 24 | I decided to try the ‘ little old lady who 's lost her ticket ’ routine , but I was rumbled immediately and directed politely but firmly to the station manager 's office . |
| 25 | And literally , I got , but I was got so little on I felt that if I did n't do some extra |
| 26 | I may be rather naïve for the big city , but I 'm learning fast . |
| 27 | ‘ In June next — but I 'm quitting right now — I 've had enough . ’ |
| 28 | But I 'm jumping ahead . |
| 29 | But I 'm jumping ahead of myself . |
| 30 | ‘ Yeah , ’ she drawled , ‘ but I 'm sized about twice what these local women are . ’ |