Example sentences of "but i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think anyone but me was taking notes at this stage of the proceedings . |
| 2 | And also I knew he 'd booked a holiday to go to Antigua , but me being totally ignorant about cricket , did n't realise he was going to watch the Antigua versus England test match in April , so that 's where he 's off to in April . |
| 3 | But I am here with you ! |
| 4 | Yes , I expect you do , said Lucy , a tiny precise voice in her ear , but I am not the one to help you . |
| 5 | But I am cautiously optimistic about the atmosphere in which the talks were conducted . |
| 6 | ( There is a lot to be said about the role of other persons too , but I am leaving that out for the time being . ) |
| 7 | It is very difficult to produce this type of game but I am asking my players to do it . |
| 8 | Not only will I be dealing with some of your concerns through ‘ Vet 's Corner ’ , but I am taking them up with the very people who make the food — with some eye-opening results ! |
| 9 | The extra energy not being allowed to be expressed as an increase in c appears as a commensurate increase in f , that is : ( formula included ) where m is the photon equivalent mass ( yes I know it is related to E but I am trying not to confuse myself ) , E is the energy , and h is Mr Plank 's claim to fame . |
| 10 | But I am conscious of a sense of contradiction that clearly did not afflict those illustrious figures . |
| 11 | But I am also attracted by Graff 's suggestion that those who favoured a ‘ literary ’ , aesthetic , affective way of reading would then experience the satisfaction of working against the prevailing grain . |
| 12 | One commentator has indeed thought he found an echo of Dryden 's translation of Aeneid 2 , 417-20 , in the opening lines of Canto 4 ; but I am persuaded by later scholars that the case is untenable . |
| 13 | Peter Cole , chairman of Bramshill Parish Council , in whose bailiwick the town would have fallen , said : ‘ I might have an extra beer today , but I am saving the champagne for another 21 days . |
| 14 | But I am prepared to accept that her delusions of grandeur are a form of psychosis connected with ageing and that her refusal to consider retirement springs from an awareness that it is she , not the country , who is in danger of falling to bits is she desists from hyper-activity . |
| 15 | Tiriac is still miffed that the ATP final did not come to Stuttgart : ‘ The ATP told me to join the auction , but I am too good to have to do that . ’ |
| 16 | It is very unfortunate because we want all our best players for such an important match , but I am not going to embroider it . |
| 17 | ‘ I know there will be those who are unhappy … but I am also convinced that millions of Argentines are applauding this measure , ’ he said at the weekend . |
| 18 | But I am in no doubt that if players had not been forthcoming the next chapter in the SA book — not the SARB 's — would have been to offer money . |
| 19 | ‘ But I am a bit disappointed that while we 've been appealing for new directors nobody from the town has come forward . ’ |
| 20 | After many years and three gardens , the optimism is going well ; I still battle with my impatience , but I am finally coming to grips with giving the essentials of sustenance to the garden . |
| 21 | These areas of activity are dealt with in detail elsewhere in this report but I am very pleased in this foreword to highlight a most successful year of achievement — a year which owed so much to the inspiration given to use all by those who saved the Nation in 1940 . |
| 22 | May own efforts at making custard , on what I think was called a Hydra Burner , may have been forgotten by those who subsequently had to eat the awful stuff , but I am not likely to forget the watery culinary disaster ! |
| 23 | But I am straying from my theme . |
| 24 | You may be a dragon , but I am a child . |
| 25 | But I am convinced and I 'm going to tell the board so today . |
| 26 | The hut seems the ideal place to stay the night if the storm holds , but I am not sure if I am allowed to : it is full of instructions which are all written in Icelandic . |
| 27 | But I am long on stamina and waited for a red-breasted merganser aimlessly doing nothing under the cliff on which lay the dozing duo . |
| 28 | But I am not like that . |
| 29 | ‘ But I am worried , ’ Herr Nordern said . |
| 30 | It 's a big challenge but I am sure that together we can do it . |