Example sentences of "[verb] but i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , you know , it you see , time were , I do n't know I suppose , I do n't know but I never seemed to be afraid and I used to have my or something round my waist , a belt with the keys hanging on and they supplied me with a as well , one of these , I do n't know what they 're made of they were n't all that heavy but still they were heavy enough to keep on . |
| 2 | I know you will he disappointed but I really would like you to give me a change . " |
| 3 | and he says they looked he says but I never forgot what I looked like , or what I when he started , but you ca n't join the boys ' service now . |
| 4 | ‘ One can only speculate what would have happened had this not been done but I seriously doubt if we would be meeting here today had not the capital infusion been made in 1990 and this plan put into place and well executed . |
| 5 | There were some other guys featured but I definitely picked him out as the best . ’ |
| 6 | I am sorry I have been so long in replying but I only got your letter two days ago . |
| 7 | I realise this is higher than originally envisaged but I firmly believe our approach will lead to the best result . |
| 8 | He was chosen for Scotland 's tour of North America in May , played in four of the six games , including the two non-cap Tests , and scored three tries : ‘ I was delighted to go but I never thought for a moment that I would make the Test side . |
| 9 | Did n't get the plates , I 'm gon na get them tomorrow , it 's too awkward to carry but I generally get nothing exciting . |
| 10 | Actually , she influenced every decision I ever made but I always felt she put a barrier between us . |
| 11 | I was bleeding but I just tried to hide it because it was a terribly busy time . ’ |
| 12 | He looked sad and I knew he did n't want her to leave but I also knew that he hated the constant uproar of quarrelling , so what was he to do ? |
| 13 | I know but I just ca n't help fidgeting my bottom . |
| 14 | mother and I hope father and I will be around to want to pick up what we can to help you 've got ta start thinking about standing on your own feet , you know , because admittedly I er I , I , I could turn out to be not as bad a financial state as I anticipated but I never was stinking rich and I 'm certainly not stinking rich now , so erm I mean |
| 15 | its really cold , yeah oh that was good , I enjoyed that she 's still there , she 's a Lance Corporal now as well and I must admit well I , I did n't think she 'd ev , she was always crying but I never thought she 'd actually do very well in the T A , did n't seem to have the get up and go about it but she obviously sorted herself out and got , Spambo Man they called me . |
| 16 | My master refused but I cheerfully accepted . |
| 17 | I went to take Wendy 's laundry round Tuesday night I forget why I was , I do n't know , well I did n't call but I just drove on and got myself a says Jim you 're early tonight , quarter past ten . |
| 18 | I had n't asked but I just knew she was his only offspring , and I 'd lay odds there was n't a Mrs McInnes any more . |
| 19 | You see David , what he 's saying to your dad this morning , let's get a meeting and go but I just feel that , I just , what 's the point of going for an argument . |
| 20 | I think so I mean , there good and bad wherever you go but I never |
| 21 | Twin Oaks looks a great type for the fences and may be the hardest to beat but I also have a healthy respect for Cool Ground and Brown Windsor . |
| 22 | But I warned my children completely off teaching so none of them even contemplated , well they did contemplate , two of them did but I just told them no , not to countenance it |
| 23 | It 's what I never did but I always meant to do |
| 24 | ‘ I was afraid something had happened but I never imagined anything so … so awful . |
| 25 | you know , and if anybody else does , they do but I always insist on paying for my drinks . |
| 26 | I did n't get difficult when I drank but I often could n't remember where I 'd been or what I 'd done or even how I 'd got back home . |
| 27 | I mean , I 'm sure my mother does but I never believed her , I was always afraid of being like her and I 'm such a disappointment to her , so hopeless and not beautiful , not like my grandmother . |
| 28 | Perhaps it was the wine I had drunk but I only gave a short yell before my hair was grabbed and my head jerked violently back . |
| 29 | I hate talking about it because I hate making it sound as if someone is to blame but I just ca n't stand people who manipulate other people . |
| 30 | I not only want to get married but I fully intend to do so as soon as possible , and to you , not to Dana . |