Example sentences of "but i [adv] [vb base] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of course , having excellent tools with which to work is no guarantee of an excellent end result , but I firmly believe it always helps to use the best materials you can afford . |
| 2 | Well , he might have kept one as a spare , but I rather suspect he 'd have handed it to a friend with strict instructions to thrash it to death and to return it in five years ’ time … |
| 3 | ‘ I know you 're not a jewel thief , Mandy , but I also know you sometimes act impulsively , thinking it 's OK to do something that 's wrong if you have the right motive . ’ |
| 4 | But I also hope I 've done something else . |
| 5 | I hope I never find myself agreeing that the old songs are the best songs , but I also hope I never forget how wonderful some of the old songs are . |
| 6 | Now , he does think that the one and the mind is present to every one of us , erm , but I also take it that erm he er thought that he himself , had been able to ascend to the one er four times in the course of his life and that he also thought that some of his students were of better contemplation than others and erm so he may also have thought as Plato did , that some people are more inclined towards philosophy than others . |
| 7 | But I also believe it to be true . |
| 8 | But I also believe it can be misunderstood . |
| 9 | I think there are a number of counselling services available , but I also think it 's very difficult sometimes for women to get there |
| 10 | Souness added : ‘ I 'm sure we can beat them , but I also feel they are capable of scoring against us . |
| 11 | , I just want you to know that I shall never change , but I also want you to allow me to come home now and again for a few days . |
| 12 | That area of your life not only is of no interest to me , but I also consider it in very poor taste that you should have brought it up in the first place ! ’ |
| 13 | But I also love it here . ’ |
| 14 | I ca n't remember what it was on , but I just remember we were sat on something . |
| 15 | Australia are calling it a warm-up game for before the World Cup but I just hope they feel a little heat from my boys . |
| 16 | I admit that he 's a brilliant businessman , but I just wish he was n't in my business . |
| 17 | ‘ I know what a big part he has played in your life and I 'm sure I 'll like him , but I just wish he was n't going to stay quite so long . |
| 18 | I know , but I just like they said you do n't have to put your names on just pissing about . |
| 19 | ‘ I was very lethargic but I just put it down to the first months of my pregnancy . |
| 20 | She used to be an old singer , I do n't know any of her songs , but I just know she was an old singer . |
| 21 | I do n't want to push her out of the house but I just know I 've reached the stage of not being able to cope any more . ’ |
| 22 | But I just wash it every other day . |
| 23 | I know this will be unpopular especially as he has won the League but I just feel he does n't handle ALL his players well . |
| 24 | LOOK , I CAN NEVER EXCUSE MY BEHAVIOUR WITH MISS MURTAGH , LAURA — BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT , AT NO POINT , DID I STOP LOVING YOU … |
| 25 | No , but I just want you to tell me . |
| 26 | But I just do it very quickly . |
| 27 | She said but I 'm not gon na do anything about it but I just think he 's nice . |
| 28 | ‘ I mean , I 'm not so ideological as Kate , but I just think it makes sense for all sorts of practical reasons . |
| 29 | and she goes why , I goes well every time I got , when I went out the other night and when I come in the other night there was Helena with her arms round Andrew , so it 's not that I , I 'm worried about it but I just think it 's a bit tarty of her cos she 's fancies the pants off Pete and as soon as my back 's turned and Pete is n't there she 's all over Andrew . |
| 30 | but I just think it 's unfair the way they 're treating you . |