Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I knew I had something to offer and that 's why I wanted to come back and be a manager again . |
| 2 | I could see she was feeling she should n't have told me , but I knew she trusted me better than anyone else . |
| 3 | I know she 's my own flesh and blood , but I hope she got whatever was coming to her . |
| 4 | This all ( this morning ) seems a highly coloured raving — but I hope it lets you see how dazed and alone I feel just at present . |
| 5 | I am afraid it is written in enviro-jargon , which will need translating into ordinary English or Welsh , but I hope it helps you think about the kind of issues that need to be got across in a popular television programme . |
| 6 | I 'm sorry I ca n't boil all this information down , but I hope it helps you prepare a brief for Peter Johnson . |
| 7 | Steve , I always said to Steven if we have a kid I said I hope it looks like me I said but I hope it got your temperament come out exactly wrong . |
| 8 | John wanted to drop that line , but I persuaded him to leave it in . |
| 9 | I had my eyes closed to do this , but I heard him catch his breath . |
| 10 | Ministers pride themselves on their attention to detail , but I ask them to lift their eyes and survey a broader picture . |
| 11 | I do n't know where this Doctor had this idea from but I do n't know how many years ago , but I remember I had my Co-op news every week and , and he said that he could see us going a full circle and I 'm just wondering when he 's gon if I 'll be alive when it comes round again because I , I do n't think that these big mass stores erm as I say they 're all right you see , people with plenty of money with a car they could fill the freezer up . |
| 12 | I could n't hear and was crying from the pain , but I saw him put his foot sideways into Marius 's midriff . |
| 13 | Sophie does n't particularly like eating breakfast but I insist she has something . ’ |
| 14 | But I 've I think it is a valid facility but it depends what the facilities for . |
| 15 | No , but I mean they do it the easy way the |
| 16 | Exactly , but I mean I rest my case , there 's , when you know their entire story , some of them , it makes you wonder who 's more sinning against than sinning it 's a strange affair . |
| 17 | No but I mean I know which house it is with that one , and you do do n't you ? |
| 18 | But I mean I know what you mean . |
| 19 | Yes , but I mean I know you 've er lived in the area , er so erm , perhaps I should invite Mr Walker or Mr Diffin to make a if you look , wish to bear in mind that we have seen the plans |
| 20 | take a long time but I mean I know it says got well puppy mess to get over yet . |
| 21 | But I mean I mean we still walk round there 's wires hanging and connectors . |
| 22 | But I mean I bought my artificial my white one ten years ago now . |
| 23 | I mean , I 'm definitely a feminist , but I 'm not a man hater , but I mean I think everyone 's looking for the new term and |
| 24 | we 're not doing it again , I do n't think she will , but I mean I think we need to be sort of positive about how we are going to sort of |
| 25 | But I mean I think we , I think I , I will need on Monday morning to talk to er Morecambe Bay and see if I can bring forward these promotions because |
| 26 | You know things like uppermost in people 's minds , I do n't know whether I suppose this question of fees might still be , I do n't know , it depends what the national executive say , but I mean I think it 's those issues and the fact we can respond quickly is , will be an advantage . |
| 27 | But I mean I think it is important to establish that , that this is what he 's saying . |
| 28 | But as I say , we can take the plates off the screen underneath here but I mean I think you still ought to have another bloke |
| 29 | Aye , but I mean I notice it , it 's just that I 've been doing that job that longly you see , you follow me ? |
| 30 | But I mean I suppose you get those pressures in an ordinary school say if you go and teach in an inner city school you 've got … you know Asian mothers . |