Example sentences of "but i [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to hope that these are teething troubles , but I remain to be convinced . |
| 2 | Over the years I suppose I 've become known as a dotty naturalist but I try to be rational and I think it 's a pity the Greens are n't more practical . |
| 3 | But I try to be indifferent to the slurs of face , pointedness of nose . |
| 4 | But I try to be indifferent to the slurs of my enemies . |
| 5 | But I mean to be fair we used to we , warehouse thousands of tons of potatoes in Leicestershire , you see what I mean ? |
| 6 | I regret dragging you back here , but I had to be certain . " |
| 7 | But I had to be content with a phone call . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I know how you must feel but I had to be sure you were n't another journalist out for a story . ’ |
| 9 | But I had to be sure , did n't I ? |
| 10 | Naturally , I hoped for the best as regards the efficacy of my heart-felt prayer , but I had to be practical . |
| 11 | ‘ But I had to be realistic . |
| 12 | I 'm not a hard person , but I had to be tough for the kid 's sake . ’ |
| 13 | But I had to be careful I did n't knock her weight down too much , because her fitness could deteriorate . |
| 14 | They 'll pick us up on radar from our reflector , but I like to be sure about these things . ’ |
| 15 | But I like to be independent as much as I can , and they 've got more than enough to do with the people that ca n't help themselves . |
| 16 | ‘ Nerina 's always on at me to wear western clothes , ’ confided Mrs Khalid , ‘ but I like to be comfortable . |
| 17 | I was delighted to find her again , but I pretended to be angry to punish her . |
| 18 | Ash and I danced , then cousin Josh asked her , and I sat watching the people dance for a while — the best way to extract any real enjoyment from dancing , I 've always thought , but I seem to be unusual in not gaining any real pleasure from performing the movements — and then saw Helen Urvill , entering the hall holding a lager can . |
| 19 | you never promise things that , you know , totally before you 've seen the facts , but I expect to be reasonable , certainly . |
| 20 | I wo n't be in record-breaking form for the European Championships , but I expect to be competitive . |
| 21 | Normally I ask for an appointment , but I happened to be passing and saw the lights — and the chopper . |
| 22 | But I wanted to be involved with a company who was well into the swing of tube amps and take it on from there , and so I started with Ampeg in 1990 . ’ |
| 23 | I could have said anything , made an excuse , but I wanted to be straight and it 's only making things worse . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Paris was the place then , ’ he said , ‘ but I wanted to be different . |
| 25 | ‘ I was at Queen Eleanor 's and they urged me to go to university , but I wanted to be independent , so I came into the Met . ’ |
| 26 | I have seen what graphics packages on more sophisticated computers were able to produce , but I wanted to be able to use this with the knitting machine . |
| 27 | Designing clothes for Carnega was all very well and I made a good living at it I wo n't deny but I wanted to be free to do my own thing — and to have my own name on the labels . |
| 28 | I did n't want to talk to anyone , you know , but I wanted to be near people . |
| 29 | I did not want our enemy to know I was here , but I wanted to be near enough to make sure that you and Sir Henry were safe . |
| 30 | I can sleep a little here , if necessary , but I want to be sure I 'm here when she wakes up . |