Example sentences of "but i [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am , by nature , one of the latter , but I yearn to be one of the former , and many years of travelling has led me to a kind of uneasy compromise . |
| 2 | " I do n't mind investigating poisonings on the farms but I object to being poisoned myself in my own home ! " |
| 3 | I would like to hope that these are teething troubles , but I remain to be convinced . |
| 4 | This may be my last utterance in the House before the next general election , but I hope to be back — although that is not a matter for me . |
| 5 | Over the years I suppose I 've become known as a dotty naturalist but I try to be rational and I think it 's a pity the Greens are n't more practical . |
| 6 | But I try to be indifferent to the slurs of face , pointedness of nose . |
| 7 | But I try to be indifferent to the slurs of my enemies . |
| 8 | But I mean to be fair we used to we , warehouse thousands of tons of potatoes in Leicestershire , you see what I mean ? |
| 9 | ‘ My dear fellow , it is but seldom that one has the pleasure of meeting a friend from the old days in Petersburg , but I chanced to be in Vienna recently , and have heard much about you from mutual acquaintances . |
| 10 | But I had to be back before dark still , and in the fairly late afternoon I had to change buses at Hyde Park Corner . |
| 11 | But I had to be content with a phone call . ’ |
| 12 | But I had to be careful I did n't knock her weight down too much , because her fitness could deteriorate . |
| 13 | ‘ I know how you must feel but I had to be sure you were n't another journalist out for a story . ’ |
| 14 | I regret dragging you back here , but I had to be certain . " |
| 15 | They did exchange it in the end but I had to be very insistent and it took three months . |
| 16 | Naturally , I hoped for the best as regards the efficacy of my heart-felt prayer , but I had to be practical . |
| 17 | But I had to be sure , did n't I ? |
| 18 | I 'm not a hard person , but I had to be tough for the kid 's sake . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But I had to be realistic . |
| 20 | They were but it , well it was an event , a big event in , in the , among the younger people anyway in Brooks in Willenhall then and er it was really lovely , really lovely I forget if we had to pay to go in , but er we had er we saved up for a good few weeks before , so that we would have some money to spend at the Wakes it was one of the an event of the year then , but erm I used to like Willenhall Wakes and er I used to go dancing a lot well I was allowed to go dancing cos I 've always loved singing and dancing you see and er I was allowed but I had to be home before my father got home , but I was n't always . |
| 21 | But I like to be independent as much as I can , and they 've got more than enough to do with the people that ca n't help themselves . |
| 22 | ‘ But I like to be up front about these things . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Nerina 's always on at me to wear western clothes , ’ confided Mrs Khalid , ‘ but I like to be comfortable . |
| 24 | They 'll pick us up on radar from our reflector , but I like to be sure about these things . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm all for sharp manoeuvres , Gareth , but I like to be on the inside of them . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But I like to be there with them at night . |
| 27 | Say , well I 'm awfully sorry I 'm off at five but I got to be back at eight . |
| 28 | Twice I rose and tried to help her , but I seemed to be in a different dream . |
| 29 | I was delighted to find her again , but I pretended to be angry to punish her . |
| 30 | ‘ But I seem to be almost as big a draw as the Prime Minister . ’ |