Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] but i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That does n't really describe Denim but I think it does have a quality , something inhuman and plastic and mechanical . |
| 2 | Yeah , I know it still needs treatment but I mean it 'll try and get the swelling down a bit . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm pretty fit and I do like cycling but I expect I 'll be shattered by the time I get to the end . |
| 4 | well your mum said to me well I 'll tell you the same as I 've told Con but I said I 'm not against the children or anything the children |
| 5 | I , you know I do n't mind , I enjoy handicraft but I find I 'm out Monday playing darts , I 'm out Tuesday doing handicraft and I look after a little boy who 's got Cerebral Palsy four mornings a week and comes three in the afternoon and it 's quite a lot . |
| 6 | Not er not so many now but it 's er we 've still got members but I mean we well we 're you know all about that you 're the front |
| 7 | I am not usually a forward sort of person as you know Elsie but I thought there had been enough talk about death enough of wanting bad bad things so I said why kill it it is not a fish for the pot . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's not a word that I know sir but I think I take your meaning . ’ |
| 9 | I hate Derek but I like your man out of Better Days . |
| 10 | It does n't have pockets but I liked it because of the red buttons . ’ |
| 11 | Erm I I am surprised well I do n't I 'm not surprised really they 're probably busy doing things but I thought we might have got a couple of vicars on this er this afternoon to talk about it . |
| 12 | I am sorry it took place but I promise you it would be wisest to go home and forget it . ’ |