Example sentences of "but [conj] i [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I call the Home Secretary , I should say that I understand that a notice of appeal has now been lodged but that I propose to exercise my discretion in respect of the sub judice rule to allow questions covering the Home Secretary 's statement . |
| 2 | The dress is very nice but once I 've got it on I realize I 'm just not in the mood for it . |
| 3 | But once I have passed my test , I am not allowed out on the road without insurance . |
| 4 | But if I had to decide I would say my favourite would be ( favourite country ) would be Canada because I have lived there the longest out of all places and so I know it better than any other country . |
| 5 | But if I had expected anything , I should have expected something a little more … |
| 6 | Yeah but if I had to eat I 'd take them out , then I 'd put them back on |
| 7 | Q My problem is that I 've got very bad split ends but if I keep having my hair cut it wo n't grow . |
| 8 | But if I wish to enjoy myself dabbling in cooking or in playing the stock exchange then I should try and form my own judgment . |
| 9 | Mick added : ‘ I was pretty proud , but if I 'd cooked it , I 'd have been eating pumpkin pie all year . ’ |
| 10 | But if I 'd defected I 'd have got even more — $500 . |
| 11 | He 'd say , " Leave it , it does n't matter , " but if I 'd left it the place would be a pigsty . |
| 12 | Admittedly I 'd have suffered the penalty for mutual defection , but if I 'd cooperated I 'd have got the Sucker 's payoff which is even worse . |
| 13 | Er , Mr Deputy Speaker I do n't have time to deal with the other points but if I 've missed anything in particular I will write to honourable members concerned . |
| 14 | But if I do admit his claim to enjoy them , and still persist in the inquisition ( ‘ Why do you like gibbons ? ’ ) , the logical nature of the question will have changed . |
| 15 | Well no but if I do bust 'em |
| 16 | ‘ The Masters is important also , but if I have to choose I would prefer the Davis Cup to be the next big thing to win . ’ |
| 17 | All my life , he wrote , I have been preparing myself for this moment , but if I have prepared myself correctly then it is so that when the moment came I should not be encumbered with the sensation of having waited for it all my life , for such a sensation , wrote Harsnet , is too heavy a burden for anyone to carry . |
| 18 | One of the virtues of parental investment er theory I would say is that er it 's particularly sensitive to female interests in , in in sexuality and nobody who knows me or has read er my works would , could possibly suspect me here of fashionable feminist prejudices er so I do n't say this because I think this is what people like to hear , but because I happen to think it 's true , I 'm afraid I 'm one of these old-fashioned and you may think stupid people who believe that you should er say things cos you think they 're true , not because you think er it 's what you think want w want to hear or if you say it , you 'll be accused of sexual harassment by a lecturer as I was last year . |
| 19 | I can do it OK if I hang onto the side , but when I let go I just sink . |
| 20 | I ran the tape back , wanting to listen again to some of Surkov 's improvisation ; but when I pressed to start it there was only a crackling silence . |
| 21 | But when I rung to take it , for them to take it back they had a special offer on and it was twelve weeks for forty pu , pa , you know , were doing it cheap |
| 22 | But when I managed to convert my body into something trim and neat , my personality changed too . |
| 23 | At first I thought it was a handkerchief , but when I stooped to pick it up I saw it was a cream-coloured glove ; and of all gloves , an elbow-length woman 's glove . |
| 24 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 25 | The Porcupine fish in my 48″ × 24″ × 24″ tank is very friendly , but when I try to feed my other fish it simply eats all the food . |
| 26 | I agree with what you 're saying but when I 've done it before and involved the pupil in such a report I put it on a separate sheet , so that |
| 27 | So , I 'm thinking oh it 's hard , when I actually feel it it feels thicker at the end and it does feel better but when I 've washed it , I shall feel all hairy now all afternoon . |
| 28 | I like to get on with it at home , but when I 've toured I 've been so desperate to do well , so conscious of not getting out , that I become negative . |
| 29 | He ca n't see any harm in it but when I 've found him watching blue movies , I 've felt suicidal . |
| 30 | We tend to think of these beautiful insects as being very brightly coloured but when I began experimenting I was unable to get convincing results . |