Example sentences of "but i [be] [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may think I am exaggerating but I am telling you the truth as clearly as I remember it and I remember it very clearly . |
| 2 | I just do n't have it off the top of my head , but I am telling you |
| 3 | But I am teaching them how to programme the video properly , Mr Lang . |
| 4 | But I am forbidding you ever to attend another of those meetings . |
| 5 | Back in Fr Butler 's home parish of St Lachtain in Freshford , Kilkenny , Fr Seamus Henry said : ‘ I have n't been in touch with John for some months but I am supporting him in a pastoral way . |
| 6 | Not only will I be dealing with some of your concerns through ‘ Vet 's Corner ’ , but I am taking them up with the very people who make the food — with some eye-opening results ! |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not offering you marriage but I am offering you the most senior job you could possibly aspire to . ’ |
| 8 | Razor 's a tough guy but I was hoping he was n't hurt . ’ |
| 9 | Just to be on the safe side I also set up a stick float and a bleak whip but I was hoping I would n't need them — so much for being positive . |
| 10 | But I was hoping I would be , be better . |
| 11 | But I was hoping it was off for good er but it did n't work out that way cos of the weather . |
| 12 | Yeah I know but I was thinking it 's alright but where you gon na put it ? |
| 13 | No , no , I understand that , but I was thinking you , to me it sound as though you sort of given her warning and . |
| 14 | Of the film 's religious imagery , he says : ‘ We talked about the Fifty-First psalm ( which is sung by one of the kitchen boys ) ; it does n't give you many clues , but I was reading it again this morning and it started making more sense . |
| 15 | The others were more quiet about it but I was telling him to fuck off . |
| 16 | He said gon na try and last up to , I said well I 've got ta go so I 'll see how I go but I was shaking I just could n't ! |
| 17 | It seemed to be essential to her sense of identity , but I was finding it wearisome . |
| 18 | It 's because you ca n't just sit down and di if you do n't know how to spell , I ca n't spell anyway , d' you know when I did it , the student actually wrote a letter to me and to th or to the exam board car saying that this hand-writing is appalling and the spelling , it 's due to the person who was doing the amanuensing , rather th but I was marking it anyway so it did n't really matter , but they were so distressed at the handwriting that I produced . |
| 19 | But I was admiring him and remembering Francis ; how he had been , once ; what it felt like to touch and be touched by him . |
| 20 | Well it 's cheap and cheerful but I was keeping it , you know within your budget . |
| 21 | ‘ I felt I did everything right , like the simple things of making the right contact , but I was striking it into the wind and it seemed to tail off at the last minute . ’ |
| 22 | But I 'm correcting you , yeah , yeah no he did n't condemn it he did not condemn it . |
| 23 | We 'll forget about this now but I 'm warnin' you , Aggie , never raise your hand to me again . |
| 24 | But I 'm warnin' yer , Billy , ’ he said with menace . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've got a few injury problems now but I 'm hoping they 'll iron themselves out . |
| 26 | Erm but I 'm hoping they 'll put them on a , on the table when we sell them in here and there 's that 's the first thing that 'll hit them is the turned legs you see ? |
| 27 | But I 'm hoping we are going to give them some problems as well . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ No , but I 'm hoping I can learn . |
| 29 | I like this dress very much , and I 'm sure my husband will like it too , but I 'm hoping you might be able to help me . |
| 30 | Boss George Graham said : ‘ We played badly against Leeds but I 'm hoping it was just a hiccup after six good wins in a row . |