Example sentences of "a [noun] but i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had an actor once who was condemned to hang for stealing a sheep — or a lamb , I forget which — so I got permission to have him hanged in the middle of a play — had to change the plot a bit but I thought it would be effective , you know — and you would n't believe it , he just was n't convincing ! |
| 2 | As as I said we 're we 're not very formal but er you know that also has its especially if people that er maybe erm , how can I put it , are not used t taking everything back to a meeting and you know they maybe make a decision and go ahead with it and then it gets shouted at a bit but I think we we can all take being shouted at a bit as well . |
| 3 | ‘ This death is a tragedy but I hope it may be a turning point on the estate , ’ he said . |
| 4 | I came to England when I was 9 , that would have been in 1961 , and that 's when I saw the world for what it 's all about , I was still a child but I saw it , the black and white thing , it was a reality . |
| 5 | Well I , I remember once going into er a British restaurant because it was my birthday and there was trifle on the menu and trifle was some sort of weird jelly thing that was thi instead of sponge it was stale bread and I think it was sort of stewed apple and mock cream but the fact that it it was my birthday and it was trifle you know I just sort of sat there like a queen but I think I 'm sure that it tasted quite revolting . |
| 6 | ‘ I intended a salad but I thought you might have missed out on lunch so we 've got grilled lamb chops with minted potatoes and glazed carrots . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I think it might be a reaction but I think we 'll find they do all different kinds of music as they go on . |
| 8 | I 'm on a diet but I find I 'm so hungry all the time that I 'm just miserable and ca n't concentrate on anything . |
| 9 | Yes , I think also how you feel it could be improved would be very relevant and how you would feel in the context of a pensioners meeting , an annual meeting like shareholders have in companies and how you if you have any views on how such a meeting might be managed in relation to the deferred pensioners interests , the existing pensioners interests , the employees interest and obviously the company 's interest being adequately reflected at such a meeting but I think we would welcome that aspect . |
| 10 | and then other , like this morning I woke up about quarter to seven , well I 'd been awake a while but I thought I 'd came to at quarter to seven I went down and make some tea and having breakfast |
| 11 | I am not a scholar but I saw it was personally annotated by your king . |
| 12 | Well obviously you learn about the male orgasm because that 's what creates a baby but I think she was right , the female orgasm is never mentioned but it 's there |
| 13 | You know the last time I went back to Britain , I was going for a month but I changed my flight and left two weeks early . |
| 14 | Actually I see another little bit that I have n't covered for us who 's going to make a will but I think I 've dealt with that . |
| 15 | Erm , it 's an arm and a leg but I think she feels that she ritually deserves it er you know . |
| 16 | I was thinking of doing a teddy but I thought I wanted sort of one , two or three things do n't you on the bottom ? |
| 17 | I do n't want to sound a snob but I thought it vulgar . |
| 18 | She seized at a bush but I beat her hand away . |
| 19 | He claims it was a mole but I know it was him — what can I do to shut him up ? |
| 20 | ‘ It 's against all the odds if it is a villa but I hope you 're right . ’ |
| 21 | I have n't , I have n't got a clue but I knew it the minute the second you said it I knew it . |
| 22 | ‘ I have n't seen a mother but I suppose there could be one in the background . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm going back a step but I think it 's |
| 24 | I 'm supposed to be calling a solicitor but I thought it was only fair I should warn you instead . ’ |
| 25 | then Sandy has n't given me a time but I think I 'd suggested to him between six and seven I think people like that they do n't have to go home and |