Example sentences of "but [adv] i 'm " in BNC.

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1 But luckily I 'm a quick learner ’ , she says .
2 Sometimes people jog past , dressed up in tracksuits and that , but mostly I 'm on my own .
3 But mostly I 'm pushing bits of paper around .
4 ‘ I 'm still finding my way around , but mostly I 'm enjoying it . ’
5 But perhaps I 'm just dreaming .
6 But perhaps I 'm going to be proved to be over innocent in thinking that is a viable approach .
7 ‘ I 'm sure you do , but perhaps I 'm not ready to hand it over .
8 I think there 's a pride that , that the majority of firemen are , are fairly clean and smart erm there are the odd ones that have to be told but it 's not the same sort of discipline now as there was , and I 'm not sure whether it 's right or wrong , all I see I , I enjoy the discipline when I had it , I sometimes wish it was brought back but er it 's not the time now it seems for that type of discipline , so I think they manage well but er I would like to see a little more but perhaps I 'm a bit old fashioned .
9 but so I 'm going to ring up tomorrow and see if I can see her .
10 Our relationship does seem to be improving but obviously I 'm worried that we now seem to be paying 50% more than we expected .
11 Well I thought I was adequately , adequately provided for the er future but obviously I 'm not , I 'll have to bump that up a little bit .
12 ‘ Paula 's welfare is paramount so I am not making waves with the Hutchinsons at a traumatic time like this but obviously I 'm extremely anxious , ’ he said .
13 You 'd be right , but obviously I 'm not the only supporter left feeling frustrated .
14 Yeah but obviously I 'm not going to waste time putting tights on .
15 But inside I 'm a mess .
16 Tons of people have said to me , ‘ Oh , it 's nice to have a rounded body ’ , but personally I 'm not very happy with the body I 've got .
17 Now , you may think that er you and I are very different from a T four bacteria but personally , and I on can only speak for myself , I ca n't speak for you of course , but personally I 'm prepared to accept that basically I 'm really nothing more than a very very complicated and much bigger T four bacterial .
18 But suddenly I 'm looking round that kitchen like I never saw it before .
19 But already I 'm beginning to feel like I belong . ’
20 Erm , it might be an idea to try and get hold of him whoever took the message cos it might be something important , but anyway I 'm glad you phoned .
21 ‘ The medals represent the overall effort of the entire UN peace-keeping force in Bosnia , but nevertheless I 'm deeply honoured to have been recognised in this way , I 'm just one of the fortunate ones . ’
22 But tonight I 'm going to drill that concrete out and provide the beast with an escape route . ’
23 No actually I went for four to one Oxford , but tonight I 'm going to go for Port Vale two , Oxford United two .
24 But meanwhile I 'm glad you 're the only person who knows anything about all this .
25 My course will eventually qualify me for a good career but meanwhile I 'm struggling on an allowance .
26 But finally I 'm a citizen .
27 Of course I still have to get a job , and I still suffer from depression and back pain , but somehow I 'm managing .
28 ‘ Perhaps you 'll think this one of those strange fancies of a dying person , but somehow I 'm not surprised .
29 I take on board everything that Lesley said , but I still feel in my heart that there are times when you 're dealing with people who just need to be treated almost like a child again for a while and maybe maybe it 's a good place where the legislation leaves it , better than going to a sort of situation where healthy people might get pushed into asylums or whatever , but somehow I 'm not totally happy with where we are .
30 ‘ I have varied music tastes , but gradually I 'm being converted to Elvis .
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