Example sentences of "[adj] but i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I hope you do n't mind me arriving without an appointment like this but I understood you had an Open Door policy . ’ |
| 2 | And course we 're doing a lot of counting today this wrist is a you know I do n't mind that you see what did that wrist was that elbow I had to have a second operation on it , in the arm up here because er I had to have some bone taken away in the elbow course it stretched guiders but they also erm disturbed the wrist joint because it was in plaster like that stretched round and disturbed the wrist joint and I ke it 's it weakened it and it 's only just it 's only just this what last nine months that it 's that it 's really started to effect this but I know what it is that 's because I keep going out doing the odd jobs |
| 3 | So you see I could n't fight with them too much cos I thought they 'd take it out on dad , so I said look I do n't want him here , I do n't need all this but I said another thing that got my goat , you asked my mum to help turn my dad , they asked my mum if she could help turn him because they did n't have enough staff or he could n't be turned and when my mum turned him she come out and was sick and cried her eyes out cos he had no skin from the top of his spine to the bottom , and he had a water blister like that Joy yellow on his arm , his penis was nearly the width of my arm pouring with blood , and septic from the catheter , oh and the smell , you 've never smelled nothing like it from the sores and the wounds , cos he was cut from here right the way down to here and they had a , all his legs were festering and gangrene in his legs |
| 4 | In the end I agreed to do this but I remember leaving the meeting literally , I am afraid , in tears and saying that although I would obey the majority I would resign from the Government afterwards as quietly as I could because I should have failed to uphold an almost lifelong conviction … |
| 5 | It is too early to quantify this but I hope that as before any redundancies can be managed as far as possible on a voluntary basis . |
| 6 | Ring them up and say ‘ I hope you do n't mind me messing you about like this but I 've been thinking over your kind offer , and I realize I could fit it in after all because of a sudden change of circumstances at home and my mother 's coming down to help me out — oh , and if there 's a spare ticket — ’ |
| 7 | Dear Helena , I do n't really rea really know how to put this but I 've had I 'll have a go . |
| 8 | And you doing it and sometimes I have to say , I 'm sorry about this but I 've , I 've , I 've , I 've got ta go to the ! |
| 9 | Was it you probably wo n't believe this but I 've never seen a programme of Spitting Image . |
| 10 | I 've heard this but I 've forgotten it . |
| 11 | again , I mean I maybe should n't do this but I tend to take a very relaxed attitude to these things and if somebody wants to bring a pal or if somebody that would be interested I see it as P R for the B A I E you know |
| 12 | Derbyshire folk may query the authenticity of this but I defy them not to enjoy the results . |
| 13 | I 'm thinking I ca n't believe you 're saying this but I wanted to photocopy it and show it everyone you see |
| 14 | I think , I think Council is accepting this but I think it 's |
| 15 | Especially when you 're not gon na like me for this because , you 're not gon na like me for this but I think one think about Foxy is he is two faced . |
| 16 | ‘ Sorry about having to rush off like this but I promise I 'll be free tomorrow . ’ |
| 17 | They wo n't like this but I do n't think they will make a violent reaction , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Whereas if you think well you know this is , I 'm doing this but I do n't know whether this is me and I do n't feel very comfortable with it and all that |
| 19 | I hate to say this but I do rather think from the bruising that someone did it to him . ’ |
| 20 | Mr Deputy Speaker I I would n't be in order to go into this but I do n't agree at all , as the honourable gentleman 's well aware , that filthy protectionism of the C A P forces up prices of food for the average family in Britain by twenty eight pounds a week . |
| 21 | Well they , they seemed to be putting some finance in , but er it went through a bit of a flat spot and then the sold out I , I 'm sorry I 'm stuttering and all this but I have n't done my research you know and it , it 's , it 's tough going . |
| 22 | I 'm sorry to spring it on you like this but I did n't want to get your hopes up . ’ |
| 23 | There was some truth in this but I expect the practice still goes on today . |
| 24 | ‘ I certainly do n't go on stage ill prepared but I have never had a script for any of my shows . |
| 25 | Harvey was certainly reliable but I think he was also capable of pulling off the classic save ( as in the Leeds-Arsenal Cup final ) . |
| 26 | I actually think that , I know it is more complicated and messy but I think that she should pick someone from res . |
| 27 | I know it is more complicated and messy but I think that she should pick someone from res . |
| 28 | So I got it wrong But I put Bern down originally Ann 's question Where is the Orange Free State ? |
| 29 | Gazza said : ‘ Some of what he did might have been wrong but I respect the fact that Maradona made himself the player Napoli could n't do without when he was in Italy . |
| 30 | May be I 'm wrong but I think it 's in a block . |