Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be [v-ing] [to-vb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was going to say that you will never find a purer woman than Mercy Chant . |
| 2 | But I was going to suggest that we order a copy of the book . |
| 3 | But I 'm beginning to see that there is n't much point in trying to hold on to something that does n't belong to me . |
| 4 | It could have been Adam on your mind , I suppose , but I 'm beginning to think that there 's a little more to it than that . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But I 'm starting to think that everything 's a turn-off for you , doll . |
| 6 | I thought that Wilko giving him the number 2 shirt this season was a positive sign , but I 'm starting to think that he did it out of loyalty rather than in expectation of a comeback . |
| 7 | But she was beginning to realise that there was no real reason to leap to more worrying conclusions . |
| 8 | But she was starting to feel that making music underground might not be too unacceptable a way of living , it might be preferable to certain compromises , when an unpleasant thing happened . |