Example sentences of "[adj] but i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I certainly do n't go on stage ill prepared but I have never had a script for any of my shows . |
| 2 | Harvey was certainly reliable but I think he was also capable of pulling off the classic save ( as in the Leeds-Arsenal Cup final ) . |
| 3 | I actually think that , I know it is more complicated and messy but I think that she should pick someone from res . |
| 4 | I know it is more complicated and messy but I think that she should pick someone from res . |
| 5 | So I got it wrong But I put Bern down originally Ann 's question Where is the Orange Free State ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | May be I 'm wrong but I think it 's in a block . |
| 8 | One that I thought wrong but I think I 've got it right . |
| 9 | I do not know what is wrong but I do n't feel right ’ , he said . |
| 10 | I mean I do n't , I do n't believe that your government is stupid er it may be immoral on occasions , it may be wrong but I do n't believe it 's necessarily stupid . |
| 11 | Cos I used this look , I said that erm I 'd re I had represented his father in an accident case some years before and I was acquainted with the family in a casual way , and I said this may suggest , because he was saying you can make up and you can , this is a bit when you can use your imagination , and I said this may suggest that his father , you know he 'd like , because it the way he says that , I 'd represented his father , I was acquainted , you know maybe that he knows he 's used to that kind of erm behaviour from the family , you know , and he knows what Eddie 's like his fa I do n't know I might be completely wrong but I used my imagination there . |
| 12 | We did n't go to the funeral , but me cousin Dora who was Aunt Lucy 's daughter , she got there was er Walter , , Walter and Leonard were in a pram and me cousin Dora went down Lane and wh to the corner of Street and watched the funeral go past up to I 've got vague memories of that they 're not clear but I do know that he took us to watch me dad 's funeral past the corner of Street and I presume that now that it must have gone up Street up to Street street , cos he 's buried at Ryecroft . |
| 13 | Sonya Miller , 17 , trainee hairdresser ( right ) ; ‘ This is OK but I feel more comfortable in dresses . ’ |
| 14 | The lad Kenny 's OK but I do n't know how . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm told I 'm good at English but I do n't get very high marks . ’ |
| 16 | Oh that 's a new commercial but I do n't think very good . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , your tastes may be more specialized but I like a bed to sleep in . |
| 18 | ‘ You know , it 's funny but I 've never really been asked this question before . |
| 19 | No I ca n't and can I tell you , I 'm not being funny but I think that 's actually maybe quite important , I know this is not the in doubt visually impaired people but |
| 20 | And I think that I 'm not being funny but I think that Jim did one . |
| 21 | erm you know like for instance I mean erm I mean I suppose I feel British but I mean I do n't feel I have any very strong identification with with other British people because there are so many other people in the world speak English and erm often people from other countries who in many ways you identify with them more . |
| 22 | My hair was curly but I wanted a single , pure wave at the front like a bulldozer . |
| 23 | large , not generous but I think good grief poor Christopher 's sitting there . |
| 24 | A spokeswoman for the Chippendales said : ‘ We do n't deal with the theatres direct but I have no knowledge of this at all . ’ |
| 25 | Nigel became despondent but I did n't . |
| 26 | Nigel 's comment after first viewing the interior was , ‘ Well , it 's a trifle Hollywood baronial but I like it . ’ |
| 27 | I was tall and slim but I had an eating disorder and my weight fluctuated wildly according to how I ate . |
| 28 | wrote to them and said yes I 'd be interested but I have n't heard anything since . |
| 29 | I was at once interested but I did my best to suppress the instant flicker in my eyes . |
| 30 | He looked offended but I guessed his idea of discretion was swapping his length of lead pipe for a rubber truncheon . |