Example sentences of "but all i " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the farmers think their cattle are special but all I ever see is money . |
| 2 | I look all the way round but all I can see are the shapes of the trolleys and the wire fence on both sides . |
| 3 | I try to see Oreste , or used to before I gave up the torture , but all I see is a baby , fat and dimpled … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ But all I 'm concerned about at the moment is that we do enough against City to make sure we can go to Wembley at the weekend knowing we ca n't be overtaken again by Leeds on Saturday . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I used to play quite a lot of football , ’ he explains , ‘ but all I was really good at was knocking the opposition over as a last-ditch defence . ’ |
| 6 | But all I saw was what I had lost . |
| 7 | I have to admit Mr Graham has a point here , but all I can say is that after one has been in the profession as long as one has , one is able to judge intuitively the depth of a man 's professionalism without having to see it under pressure . |
| 8 | ‘ We talked about football but all he wanted to talk about was sex , ’ she said , before adding , ‘ I hear he 's not been scoring many goals recently and that 's why he left Arsenal , but all I can tell you is he certainly scored a hat-trick with me that night . ’ |
| 9 | I would have welcomed even a reproachful speech from the coroner but all I got from him was an expression of sympathy . |
| 10 | I have phoned the company , but all I get is an ansaphone and no-one ever contacts me . |
| 11 | But all I can do at this moment in time is tell you where I stand today . |
| 12 | Johnson revealed : ‘ It was a great result for Cambridge and I hope it helped my position , but all I can do now is wait and see . |
| 13 | So with a series of jerky motions I pumped that handle , but all I succeeded in producing was the sound of a set of bagpipes . |
| 14 | But all I 'm asking for is an all-glass tank four feet long , and around 18″ × 18″ so that I can watch my shoals patrolling its full length . |
| 15 | But all I want is you . |
| 16 | I promised that his further education would be no burden to them , and that after the war , I would see to it that he received a free college education , which should not be denied him , but all I got was ‘ You take ‘ im , Mr Burton , you take ‘ im . ’ |
| 17 | I Tried to get some cleaning help but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 18 | ‘ At that time I tried to get some cleaning help , but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 19 | But all I got in reply was a squinty smirk and the hiss of piss . |
| 20 | Further away I hear colobus monkeys again , crashing about like drunks after a party , but all I see is branches in motion semaphoring their passing . |
| 21 | Oh yeah I know but all I was saying was that much of different things |
| 22 | But all I could do was remind people of John 's situation . |
| 23 | In conclusion I would offer a very positive role for residential care — whether integrated or specialist but all I have said emphasises that there is no simple way forward , there are pros and cons for practically every service . |
| 24 | But all I 'm asking is if there is an urgent work system , and if that urgent work system is being abused whereby everybody is putting down |
| 25 | But all I find are a few rather stale cobs already fallen to the ground . |
| 26 | But all I could think was , would we be allowed to film him ? |
| 27 | ‘ At the time perhaps it was a creative influence on our music , but all I ended up with was a jaw that continually hurt me . |
| 28 | But all I could do was wrestle with the lunging hind foot , dressing the infected cleft with a crude mixture of copper sulphate and Stockholm tar and finishing with a pad of cotton wool held by a tight bandage . |
| 29 | At the end of the alley I paused , waiting , but all I saw was the end of a nose which quietly withdrew as I stood there . |
| 30 | I wish I 'd never taken Maurin 's money , but all I can do now is keep quiet and wait for it to end . ’ |