Example sentences of "[noun] but i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my opinion , working to ensure that your family is well fed is good religion but I remember how careful Dad was about his Good Friday movements . |
| 2 | It 's an old remedy but I think |
| 3 | ‘ To be a member of the Labour party you had to be a member of the staff association but I did n't know at the time , ’ says Davies . |
| 4 | erm should she pack up her Saturday job , it pays around twenty pound and it will go up to about twenty five , and Sue and Will sat and talked about it and she got , she 's surprising been interviewed for the W R A F but I mean that 's not gon na be so easy these days , I mean they 're gon na take the exceptionals that they need are n't they ? |
| 5 | Best said : ‘ I can see the thinking but I think it 's stupid . |
| 6 | ‘ I know friends think I 'm a bit outdated in my thinking but I do n't understand women who just live with men . |
| 7 | ‘ He is not the most robust horse but I knew he was in good shape . |
| 8 | I help with a Sunday League side but I 've been advised not to play . |
| 9 | They were speaking in favour of it , now here he comes along er and er we we 're I I find myself , regrettable I think because er er his er a minister very well informed in these areas with er who made in those committees a very powerful and effective contribution , now we find ourselves on the er opposite side but I have to say now that we are on opposite side that what is introducing today er is really er too little er and far too er too too late . |
| 10 | I had nothing to do with the recording and creative side but I changed guitar strings and that kind of thing . |
| 11 | They used to be Bangor fans but I think I have won them over to Glentoran . ’ |
| 12 | Erm we know that three patients had cystectomies and one er that then the remainder have radiotherapy but I have n't analyzed the results dividing them into curative or potent radiotherapy . |
| 13 | It 's a big store Jean but I mean er they had lovely prints in it that big , you know |
| 14 | I was gon na clean my tank tonight Jean but I suppose that 's |
| 15 | The Japanese authorities have an interest in playing down the importance of earthquakes but I do n't . |
| 16 | I went to Croke Park and I had not the slightest interest in Protestantism but I did come from a Fermanagh family where you did live cheek by jowl with republicanism so I had imbibed it undoubtedly and it resurfaced , the inherited knowledge of the heart of the controversy in Ulster . |
| 17 | I dare n't say about the future but I have been doing some stuff with girls teen magazines . |
| 18 | It was a great disappointment but I made up my mind there and then that it would be different next term . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , I like animals but I do n't like being told what to think before I 've had a chance to make up my own mind ! ’ |
| 20 | We were leaking goals but I 've plugged the gaps and with McMenemy 's help , got a vote of confidence from chairman Keith Fisher . |
| 21 | He scored some wonderful goals but I wonder how much was due to the number of chances created . |
| 22 | Personally I 'd hate to see Hodge go , he gives his all and as has been mentioned on a number of occasions scores very important goals but I suppose their is really no place for sentiment with the way we 've started this season . |
| 23 | The food there did n't taste too different and we were spared a cabaret but I reckon £30 is n't too high a price for eating in a beautiful , traditional-style Moroccan room with the well heeled jet set , being served by obsequious waiters in costumes that would put to shame Aladdin 's chorus at the Palladium . |
| 24 | Mum said how about renting one in Wisbech but I said well if she ca n't afford a mortgage you ca n't afford to rent one . |
| 25 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 26 | Okay , so there is some deaf and elderly pensioner in Hartlepool who has pictures of Prince Edward pinned on the toilet seat but I know streams of people who ca n't wait to get rid of them . ’ |
| 27 | Di Driver had been coming to my classes for some time and she knew I was appearing on the programme but I had no idea that she planned on paying me a visit ‘ on air ’ . |
| 28 | er well there 's one there that 's a continual er it is American , well it 's an American style programme but I mean they advertise all kinds of things from all |
| 29 | ‘ I want to do well for the club but I seem to be heading up a blind alley and maybe a move is the only solution . |
| 30 | I have n't seen the draft guidelines that came out yesterday for the registration of nursing homes but I understand that they do n't actually address these issues . |