Example sentences of "but [adv] i [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mostly I would think it would be |
| 2 | You will think me discourteous , but perhaps I may excuse myself by explaining that it is the discourtesy of grief . ’ |
| 3 | But perhaps I can help you now . |
| 4 | But only I can say I did n't know before , I thought I was happy . |
| 5 | But now I shall leave you with one final anecdote which impinges on both issues of morale and moral fibre . |
| 6 | I laughed then but now I can see what she meant . |
| 7 | ‘ But now I can use them for a different trade . ’ |
| 8 | I was still carrying the child , but now I could see you riding away into the distance . |
| 9 | ‘ I really do n't have any regrets , but now I could lose everything . ’ |
| 10 | Not only am I expected to love Belle Maman , she thought , but now I must love IT as well . |
| 11 | ‘ Since you are Derek 's friends — or rather since you do n't care very much for his health and welfare I will not call you his friends but surely I ought to know your name ! ’ |
| 12 | The cops would be watching the bus station and the railroad terminal , but maybe I could bribe my way aboard a tramp steamer for Macao or Shanghai . |
| 13 | The consequences of that assertion , if it is valid , are peculiar and alarming ; but fortunately I can examine it without criticising the sovereign or impugning her judgement , because ministerial advice that ministerial advice is not requisite is also ministerial advice , for which ministers must take responsibility and stand question . |
| 14 | She was very bad at start with the new people but then I 'll take her up |
| 15 | But then I would read it , so if I was in the theatre I would read that so I would know that |
| 16 | But then I would see her shopping in the area . |
| 17 | But then I may fuse my gun … |
| 18 | I shall be busy for the next couple of weeks , ’ Vitor continued , gravely making plans , ‘ but then I 'd like us to spend the weekend with my mother so that she can meet her grandson . ’ |
| 19 | this is erm , this is going to be exhibited here on the twenty third of July , ok , erm , two , two of Gaugin 's pictures , this is one of them , and several other artists er of the same period , and I think this is going to be the only venue in , in England , I do n't think there coming , sort of worth seeing , but unfortunately I shall miss it cos I 'm , I wo n't be here , erm this is a poster of |
| 20 | so , erm I mean think we 're in their hands and that 's why I was a bit apprehensive about doing publicity for it at such an early stage because I like to see i 's dotted and t 's crossed er but however I 'll chase them up again in the next few days |
| 21 | Some months later , he is still working on the reply , but doubtless I shall receive it sooner or later . |