Example sentences of "the [noun] but i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Me Aunty Linda 's not working either , like she did n't need the money but I mean he was on the dole for years me Uncle Ron . |
| 2 | I could fill a book with the other similar comments which were written on the questionnaires but I think we can take it as read that the trials proved beyond doubt that if you followed the diet moderately strictly you could definitely lose inches from parts usually untouched by normal dieting methods . |
| 3 | Best said : ‘ I can see the thinking but I think it 's stupid . |
| 4 | ‘ She 's on the check-out in one of the supermarkets but I think she 's on holiday this week . ’ |
| 5 | I never did like drag shows and I did n't want to spend the evening in the pub but I did it just to be with gay people . |
| 6 | Yeah well I me and Margaret should be in the hall but I think they 've assumed that there will be less |
| 7 | ‘ I had considered going to California over the winter but I realised it was n't necessary . |
| 8 | Well th the bloke but I mean he 's not attached . |
| 9 | They would not cruelly ridicule the child but I think she would feel left out by the time the girls were ‘ settling in ’ , as she would not fit in ; girls have more subtle yet often more hurtful ways of rejecting one another and this would be felt by the outsider before long . |
| 10 | ‘ It was second nature to look at the linesman but I knew I was on . ’ |
| 11 | At the end of two days you say well fine but it 's not for me I ca n't do anything about that when you walk out the room but I hope my objective is to convince you that here is something that like lots of other people in time I can it 's a very very useful system . |
| 12 | Not only do I find this displeasing on the eye but I feel it contributed significantly to our eventual relegation . |
| 13 | I was trembling so much I kept dropping the soap but I did what she said . |
| 14 | I do n't always know the answers to the questions but I answer them anyway . |
| 15 | Mum and Dad and Mr and Mrs Lewis entered into the spirit of the occasion but I thought I could see some sadness in Mrs Lewis 's eyes . |
| 16 | Increased accessibility : sur-titles , says Rodney Milnes , are the invention of the devil but I find they enhance my intellectual and emotional enjoyment . |
| 17 | Judgments were given by each of the five members of the court but I hope I will be forgiven for concentrating on that of Dixon J. The depth of the research and the penetrating nature of his analysis of the relevant equitable principles are , I think , sufficient justification . |
| 18 | It was holding on to the tree but I pulled it off . |
| 19 | I understand the feelings but I think they should study circuses like us and say this is the sort of circus we want in Witney with no caged animals . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've learnt a lot off the television but I think I still need to know more and it is something I think we all worry about . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It was tough at the start but I knew I had to hang on to my serve at all costs , ’ she said afterwards . |
| 22 | I wanted to go , go to the library but I thought I 'd start in my room so |
| 23 | It 's called rape , it 's called indecent assault , it 's it 's um er understood in the same way that sex crimes against adults are understood and erm if you look at um y'know kind of er very young kinds um according to some people called Daley and Wilson , I ca n't remember whether I 've mentioned these on the handout but I 've I 've got some notes here . |
| 24 | I slipped my reins to the end of the buckle but I thought we had gone . |
| 25 | A bad mistake and I 'd agree with the critics but I suspect we can all be terribly sensible about it and forget all about it … please . ’ |
| 26 | Well apart the radio but I expect they 're gon na a radio of sorts you know ? |
| 27 | ‘ I can check the report but I think he was in the pub at Goldsithney until ninish then he went home . ’ |
| 28 | It may not be the first thing at the top of our minds when we 're , when we 're checking the thing but I think it ought to be checked for that . |
| 29 | ‘ I did not expect the humour but I liked it , ’ said Alma Cox , of Leeds . |
| 30 | I put off going to the doctor but I wish I had n't because my GP immediately knew what was wrong and told me about carpal tunnel syndrome . |