Example sentences of "but i see " in BNC.

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1 But I see that we can go a little nearer . ’
2 So he had , but I see very clearly now that he 's a double-dealer capable of any mean trick . ’
3 I dare not ask directly what is the precise matter but I see in Mr Browning 's eyes an anxiety deeper than usual and he confessed to me the other day that he fears there may be water on the lung .
4 He is certainly all that , but I see him as the new Jasper Johns — that great transformer of icons — with sex , shopping and the detritus of the suburbs in place of Johns 's targets , beer cans and flags .
5 Several characters repeat their main point a few times , but I see this as mantra-like rather than repetitive .
6 The idea seems to be that if priests are given a ‘ properly informed sexual education ’ this will prevent their ‘ love of chastity ’ being displaced by the temptations of the flesh , but I see no reason why it should have this effect .
7 The date on it used to be 1623 , but I see they 've changed it to 1610 , though I do n't agree with either of those dates .
8 A woman points one way but I see a man with a bulge in his coat and I leap on him .
9 But I see now that the end is something farther , higher , more utterly frightful .
10 But I see you 're on the same errand as myself . ’
11 But I see I am becoming preoccupied with these memories and this is perhaps a little foolish .
12 Without batting an eyelid Sydney retorted : ‘ But I see your father was of a different mind . ’
13 But I see that you 're choosy …
14 But I see myself in a different life
15 It 's good news for Daihatsu and their buyers , but I see a downside .
16 But I see now there 's no point in hiding them any longer .
17 This may sound terrible , but I see it as vote-catching .
18 Maybe , in time , realism may prevail , but I see young players with stars in their eyes , and realism has never been a match for that in any walk of life .
19 I do n't know whether you heard me before , Larry , but I see no reason at all why you should not live here .
20 ‘ Later , we will talk of us , if that be your will — but I see that you have much on your mind .
21 But I see him looking at me .
22 But I see no point in teaching it to them backwards .
23 ‘ I 've been told you 're unhurt , but I see you 've picked up plenty of gore .
24 But I see no reason why they could n't be . ’
25 I think both have a place in the world , but I see Metropolitan Area technology used for connecting different types of data network , with Asynchronous Transfer Mode for internetworking of broadband networks . ’
26 Katherine Lundy Corcoran ran a brothel … aaah , but I see you knew that .
27 And it 's the same for the boy ; I thought I could keep him from it , but I see now I ca n't .
28 But I see no difficulty in reading the language of subsections ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) of section 18 as authorising an order for payment by the board ( subject , of course , to the criteria prescribed by subsection ( 4 ) ) of such part of the costs of the proceedings which are eventually determined in the defendant 's favour as were incurred by the defendant personally at any time when he was not receiving legal aid and accordingly fell within the definition of an unassisted party .
29 It was excepted that that , in a lot of cases wives were expected to give their jobs up when they 're married , but I see now the mo , my er , not my own children but my young nieces and nephews , the men , th the husbands are present at the birth of their children , they are enchanted , they are making fantastic fathers because they are taking responsibilities !
30 But I see no evidence of Scotland having become a classless society !
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