Example sentences of "[noun] but [conj] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would have to bite back my angry words — that better men than he had driven the jeep but that I knew he would share their fate . |
| 2 | ‘ A battleship is the salt cellar and the pepper a fishtank but if I see them both together they become a kangaroo . ’ |
| 3 | Now , that 's really great to me because I mean , you 're really stimulating the youngsters at that age , and quite obviously I could tell you loads of stories the way this neighbourhood engineers er er , scheme works at the moment but as I say we are embarrassed at the moment because , quite obviously , loads of school want us to participate but we got a very shortage of engineers . |
| 4 | I listened for some sound of other prisoners in the building but although I thought I heard the locking and unlocking of other doors the only voices were those of the guards . |
| 5 | The yellow and orange feathers that form the head flash can be quite inconspicuous at times but when I spread them out with my fingers they burned like flame in what was left of the winter light . |
| 6 | I du n no if it 's because it 's melted a bit but when I tried it before |
| 7 | I ai n't a bl builder or a carpenter or a chippy or a tiler but as I say I I I plan it out , always plan it out how I 'm going to do it . |
| 8 | We had n't actually heard anything about this library experience but when I asked him he would n't say anything . |
| 9 | I do n't really get pocket money but if I see something in the shops in , in , this toy or something my mum , mum 'll buy it for me and say that 's your pocket money for this week . |
| 10 | Someone asked me whether , I thought it 'd be a bit of fun But as I say nobody knows who you are , or what you 've said or anything so it does n't matter does it ? |
| 11 | I had all these thoughts in my head but when I spoke it was just noise , just high-pitched noises came out . |
| 12 | I know they do Jed but but I mean what I 'm saying if priority states other forces have probably been waiting and rather than us sort of trying |
| 13 | While I sympathize with the caller from West Calder , I feel we pay poll tax as well to cover all these things but when I bought my house , my solicitor had me in for two hours and went through all my obligations under the title deeds part of was , that I had to pay one three hundredths of keeping the open areas clean and tidy plus grass cutting . |
| 14 | I mean some people were quite willing to answer it and they were quite willing to say what stereotypes they usually employ and others j er just clam up and said , oh I never judge people , and I thought yeah liar doing all the time ? biggest gossips in the office and she 's never got a good word to say about anyone , she 's always digging the dirt but when I presented her with it , I never try to judge people . |
| 15 | I had never asked my guide but if I had I am sure he would have answered , ‘ Machu Picchu — mi madre . ’ |
| 16 | The vehicle was originally a petrol but before I bought it the engine was replaced with a Gold Seal factory rebuilt diesel unit . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ I have n't got a grandmother but if I had one I would shoot her in the foot if it meant getting three points . ’ |
| 18 | I 've never been into virtual reality but as I guess I 'm on the younger side of your readership at 18 I bet it will feature strongly by the time I enter the working world . |
| 19 | I went there one Sunday , I thought we 'll have a meal but when I looked I said no chance ! |
| 20 | That , that 's open to the general public but where I stand you have to have a membership card to go in there now , and er you pay two pound before the season started and er local traders give you a discount and things erm it 's just one way of er segregating the supporters if you like , but there does n't seem to be so much trouble since they 've done this , but at the same time there does n't seem to be as much atmosphere |
| 21 | But er it certainly did a lot for the bakers but as I said it certainly took away the happy family union that we had before . |
| 22 | This family is not a totally foreign family but as I say there were elements of interference that made the task of the County particularly onerous in this case . |