Example sentences of "but i [verb] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I meant how did you get word down to Blair Gowrie ? |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't hang about long , but I saw enough to convince me that all that rubbish about Melanie 's frigidity was pure invention on your part . ’ |
| 3 | But I come here to address you , in all humility , because I am very interested in the subject of your conference ; and with the vanity of an old man I would like to take part , not as an outsider addressing budding scientists — a bit of ‘ general studies ’ thrown in for relaxation between the serious business — but as a fellow enquirer into the workings of the brain . |
| 4 | There must be a teapot , but I 've not discovered it as yet . |
| 5 | Well I know , but I 've not seen it . |
| 6 | Mark S. sent them summat , but I 've not seen us there yet . |
| 7 | Kevin 's been done but I 've not given him anything back in writing yet , which I 've go to do . |
| 8 | But I 've not done it yet . |
| 9 | ( But I 've also heard her telling people what a baddie I was , too ) . |
| 10 | I 've given you something to try and take the swelling off your chest , and that should ease a bit of the pain but I 've also given you er stuff to stop all this bursting |
| 11 | Since I repotted it this spring into a generous-sized pot , it has not only burgeoned but I 've also found it much easier to keep the compost just nicely moist . |
| 12 | ‘ And Mrs Wright , I 'm very sorry but I 've just remembered I did n't lock the door . |
| 13 | " But I 've already asked him . |
| 14 | But I 've already worn it lots of times since and I 'll always wear it . |
| 15 | ‘ But I 've already told you you 're wasting your time . |
| 16 | but I 've really cracked it and it 's bloody awful ! |
| 17 | This may seem a bit excessive , but I 've always believed it as easy , if not easier , to work accurately . |
| 18 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 19 | But I 've always known I could never be a professional jockey because I could n't make the weight . |
| 20 | And she said , but I 've always known I did that . |
| 21 | For the last 14 years , I 've worked in shops and offices , but I 've always thought I 'd like to do community work , which would suit my personality a lot more . |
| 22 | Irons I 've used before have also offered this facility , but I 've always found I 've ended up toing and froing between the tap once too often . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's absurd — I look on Margaret as my best friend , but I 've only seen her once in the last six months — I do feel guilty about it . ’ |
| 24 | But I 've only seen it in some of the |
| 25 | if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today ! |
| 26 | In battle he 's unstoppable , but I 've never seen him kill a man in cold blood before . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 've known Rohan a long time , but I 've never seen him this way with a woman before , or with such immediacy . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've heard of such a thing , of course , but I 've never seen it myself . |
| 29 | Well I 've took that , I took that some years ago but I 've never seen it on show you know ? |
| 30 | Minimizing — " Our area may have a problem but I 've never seen it except for the pushers hanging about that dreadful housing estate " . |