Example sentences of "but [adv] i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Bits of broken glass showered over me but luckily I was n't injured . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But luckily I 'm a quick learner ’ , she says . |
| 3 | Sometimes people jog past , dressed up in tracksuits and that , but mostly I 'm on my own . |
| 4 | But mostly I 'm pushing bits of paper around . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm still finding my way around , but mostly I 'm enjoying it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I was embarrassed at the time because it was a serious occasion but secretly I was also very flattered . |
| 7 | But perhaps I am shirking my responsibilities by being here , in the police force . ’ |
| 8 | But perhaps I was as oblivious at school as I was at home to the sneers or the impatience of others . |
| 9 | But perhaps I 'm just dreaming . |
| 10 | But perhaps I 'm going to be proved to be over innocent in thinking that is a viable approach . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sure you do , but perhaps I 'm not ready to hand it over . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | but so I 'm going to ring up tomorrow and see if I can see her . |
| 14 | But alone I am with him ; dipping the quill , |
| 15 | He said : ‘ If I am half as good a player as Paul McGrath I 'll be satisfied — but obviously I am hoping to become better than him . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We did not go into any financial discussions but obviously I am interested in signing him . |
| 17 | Our relationship does seem to be improving but obviously I 'm worried that we now seem to be paying 50% more than we expected . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | You 'd be right , but obviously I 'm not the only supporter left feeling frustrated . |
| 21 | Yeah but obviously I 'm not going to waste time putting tights on . |
| 22 | But obviously I was really delighted for both of them , doing so well . ’ |
| 23 | I had suggested that Longman 's should send it to The Criterion , but obviously I was not the right person to review it . |
| 24 | Instead I kept silent , but inside I was singing in a very loud voice . |
| 25 | Temporarily I managed to re-erect my jocular facade , but inside I was panicking . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , master , ’ I answered quietly , but inside I was excited . |
| 27 | ‘ But inside I 'm a mess . |
| 28 | This will be difficult to arrange and will certainly not be efficient , but personally I am not sorry at the turn events have taken . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |