Example sentences of "but [v-ing] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't until I met you , but loving you made me want to know how twins could be so different . |
| 2 | You must accept happiness when you can , not selfishly , but remembering you are a part of the world , of others , not separate from them . |
| 3 | I want you and I believe you owe me , but wanting you has n't unbalanced me to the extent you seem to believe . |
| 4 | ‘ The problem is not keeping you going , McAllister , but getting you to stop . |
| 5 | But teaching you is n't the only way ! |
| 6 | I 'm very sorry about your cat , about Melusina , I know how fond you were of her , but giving you compensation is out of the question . |
| 7 | It 's bound to be a bit strange for you at first , but saying you wo n't make love to your own husband in your own house because of the servants … ’ |
| 8 | it 's not one that will inspire me with erm with , with great kind of nationalistic fervour as might have happened in the past when , when you look at nationalistic movements , so erm presumably we 're looking at a range of behaviour which goes from extreme fanatical group membership to relatively weak identification with a group but really does n't to anything else but saying you know if you ask me what I 'll say I was British . |
| 9 | ‘ No , but knowing you , if you go over your limit we 'll have to tie you down before carrying you upstairs to bed . ’ |
| 10 | Most matters are soon dealt with by experience — but knowing you have access to a solicitor 's professional advice on more complex legal problems is a valuable extra security : |
| 11 | When he needs what you have gleaned , it is but squeezing you and , sponge , you shall be dry again . |
| 12 | I do n't know how to approach this , but this is me , Sarah , your pathetically vile big sister , not able to find the words , but hoping you can see what I 'm trying to do — what I 'm trying to say — and please , please believe me when I say that I 'm not trying to run away from what I 've done , but if I could change somehow — obliterate — one thing I 've done in my life , one truly awful thing that I have done , it would be this . |
| 13 | Suppose somebody read to you , without telling you the author , but telling you the date — the early seventeenth century lines like this ‘ But let my due feet never fail to walk the studious cloisters pale and love the high embowered rough with antique pillars and and storeyed windows richly dyked , casting a dim religious light , there let the pealing organ blow to the full-voiced choir below in service high and anthems clear , as may with sweetness through mine ear dissolve me into ecstasies and bring all heaven before my eyes . |