Example sentences of "but i [adv] " in BNC.

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1 At first I had the strings about an inch off the fingerboard , but I slowly started filing down the nut until I ended up with a lower action .
2 I did , but I slowly shook my head .
3 But I slowly became aware that they were all looking at me — just the time that sergia became aware of the direction of my gaze .
4 As a man , a white , a heterosexual , from a capitalist country , the country she tried to free , I have no right , you may think , to stand on this platform , but I gladly do so in order to salute her .
5 ‘ When I struck the bream tore off downstream and dragged me into some weeds but I eventually got it to the bankside , ’ said Matthew .
6 They drive me to distraction : at first I refuse to fight back , on the grounds that life is sacred and it is not their fault that they are mosquitos , but I eventually join in the swatting that punctuates the quiet every so often .
7 But I eventually reached the motorway and headed north .
8 At first the beeves were indistinct masses , cold and blurry , but I eventually got a satisfactory materialisation .
9 DRDOS seems to have drivers only for 286 and upwards machines but I eventually got EMM.SYS which was also to be found locked away in my ROM and got the machine to recognise the expanded memory .
10 With the stable now returning to form after a lean spell , Afton Express should go close but I slightly prefer the more experienced RIVER HOUSE ( 1.15 ) , who jumped well when scoring over the course recently .
11 Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice
12 ‘ Of course , having excellent tools with which to work is no guarantee of an excellent end result , but I firmly believe it always helps to use the best materials you can afford .
13 I realise this is higher than originally envisaged but I firmly believe our approach will lead to the best result .
14 I do n't think so I believe that the hunting fraternity is not blameless and indeed the , all their arguments are not quite correct in every sense but I firmly believe that there are more important matters for this council to debate and spend its time and money on .
15 But I mostly did n't know which fragments were recent and which were fossil .
16 But I rather thought , you know , if you would n't mind , we might go to Treptower Park . ’
17 It says they do n't need any cooking but I rather wonder .
18 Well , he might have kept one as a spare , but I rather suspect he 'd have handed it to a friend with strict instructions to thrash it to death and to return it in five years ’ time …
19 It is n't as well lit as a studio perhaps should be , but I rather like that .
20 It did feel strange , but I rather liked the idea .
21 But I rather liked him . ’
22 We landed Phil at Yarmouth , Isle of Wight , to receive a mild rebuke from the Senior Naval Officer about lack of communication and swanning around without lights , but I rather think that Phil gave as good as he got .
23 Yes , they were appointed by the County Council so I sup and er I , I rather think that they , we never got paid but I rather think th they 'd have to pay the Council something for the midwife 's services .
24 These were the deep furrows etched in the sand to help the Nairn transport , but I rather think more so to help the pilots of the period to find their way across the route from Rutbah Wells to Damascus , or indeed from Baghdad to Rutbah Wells .
25 but I rather gather large people would get everything you see
26 But I rather think my modest , high-minded , fastidious , idealistic wife has a long way to go before she qualifies for that description . ’
27 I do n't know , if you 're like me but , I must confess , I I get er , I would n't say pleasure , but I rather like those incidents where he tells the disciples off , not because he 's telling them off , but because I can fit in wi with what they 've been up to !
28 It was best balsa wood of course , not that the Indians could know , but I duly went down poleaxed and Matt started pretending it was an accident .
29 Their one hundred and fifty ton heavy life crane would have coped with that job easily enough but I hastily declined his offer which , apart from any other consideration would have placed me at a slight disadvantage .
30 I 'm probably not compassionate or anything , I bet I 'm a real bastard inside and do n't care for anyone , but I fucking hated treading up those stairs to Mum , especially with Jean at the bottom watching my every step .
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