Example sentences of "but i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I starve like any Frenchman ! ’ |
| 2 | It is no good the person who gave the order later complaining ‘ But I meant you to do so-and-so ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I know , dear — there is a farm next door to us back on the dear old homestead and Daddy does usually describe himself as a farmer — but I meant that we capitalist parasites would be taking the place of the oxen , not the horny-handed salt-of-the-earth types cracking the whip over them . ’ |
| 4 | But I meant how did you get word down to Blair Gowrie ? |
| 5 | But I meant it . |
| 6 | But I meant content rather than presentation . |
| 7 | But I meant only to gain your consent — if I could . |
| 8 | But I meant what I said ; providing she stops attacking you , she 'll always be welcome with us , ’ Travis reiterated his promise . |
| 9 | Well I know but I meant |
| 10 | What about that , but I meant she got ta think about , she 'll want children of own and then she 'll have chi |
| 11 | Oh yeah I know but I meant in here . |
| 12 | Yeah , but I meant leave them while she has a lot of sleepless nights . |
| 13 | The water 's real cold , but I wash my face anyhow . |
| 14 | But I cared for you , Theodosia . |
| 15 | But I yearn for a child or even children . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I did hear some buyers indicate that the EUROAIM scheme made it easy to avoid , en masse , many troublesome independents , as they were all grouped conveniently together , but I trust this was a minority position ! |
| 18 | They are certainly making such preparations as have never been made to invade this island since the Spanish Armada ; but I trust in God and Lord Anson . |
| 19 | ‘ They are certainly making such preparations as have never been made to invade this island since the Spanish Armada ; but I trust in God and Lord Anson . ’ |
| 20 | You must of course deal with the odd letters of criticism , but I trust that these can be viewed in proportion to those ( probably thousands ) of satisfied members , who are nevertheless unlikely to write in every month to say so . |
| 21 | I hoped that we could do that today , but I trust that we shall certainly have an opportunity tomorrow . |
| 22 | Erm the next session is rather hard work for you cos it 's very much sort of listening and absorbing a hell of a lot of facts , but I trust you will bear with me . |
| 23 | There are , however , some hostile tribes far in the interior , but I trust he has sufficient prudence not to venture within their district . |
| 24 | Yeah but I trust her I do n't know |
| 25 | I 'm very sorry that as soon as I have finished this welcome this morning that I have got to leave you , and I am very sorry that I shall not be able to return this evening for your dinner which I would originally look forward very much to but I trust that you will enjoy the company of the Chairman of our Environmental Services Committee , Councillor Robin Draga , who is attending on my behalf . |
| 26 | But I liken it to an opposition party in a parliament , or a critical press ; acting as a consclence and a brake , but not in power and unlikely to assume it . |
| 27 | suite The Hoover 's on the blink but I don |
| 28 | I know you are over age ( over 21 , she means , he said ) but I worry about you because of all that happened ( she means me being an orphan , he said ) . |
| 29 | But I worry about whether that amount of housing stock is going to be replaced in the area , cos that is obviously very important . |
| 30 | And I know she knows , but I worry that maybe I have n't said the right words the right way . |