Example sentences of "[adv prt] but i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And my pictures were upside down but I could see the rings of Saturn with it , which was more than what Galileo saw first when he looked , he thought there was two stars at either side of Saturn . |
| 2 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
| 3 | The roof of the barn concerns me because eventually it will fall in but I dare not start on it just yet — the house must take priority . |
| 4 | and lovely , I just woke up , er a couple of minutes before then the insurance lad come cos when I only , he should of come yesterday and I waited in but I could n't , you know when I opened the door I says I , I he says , you know |
| 5 | Well I could still get in but I could n't lock the door say no bugger off . |
| 6 | ‘ Others go over but I would n't set foot there even in the height of summer ! |
| 7 | Really what I was saying is I , I think probably came over but I will rephrase it . |
| 8 | ‘ People have begun writing me off but I will be back . |
| 9 | The navigation lights were switched off but I could see the Cessna Skywagon flying steadily in the cold air . |
| 10 | Oh finished that sleeve off but I must sew it on . |
| 11 | " You 've been lovely and I 'm leading you on but I ca n't deliver at the moment . |
| 12 | Oh well there 's one with lo two lovely flowers on but I ca n't see any on the , any of the other plants . |
| 13 | It 's certainly true that government guidance is far more guarded erm in its support for new settlements erm the guidance has has of course been touched on but I would adem emphasize the dates of this guidance , er P P G three , housing , March nineteen ninety two , P P G twelve , development plans and regional planning guidance , February nineteen ninety two , and draft P P G thirteen , May nineteen ninety three , just looking briefly at P P G three , erm P P G , and I think it 's fair to say that P P G three takes up far less welcoming stance than did the previous erm P P G erm it recognizes that new settlements are controversial , and that the scope is likely to be limited . |
| 14 | It was half-past two before he pedalled on but I could go no further . |
| 15 | The lights were n't on but I could just see him . |
| 16 | I 'll drive you to Glasgow the minute the snow lets up but I 'll not hear a word about it . ’ |
| 17 | Just trying to see if there was any , Ernie , I 'm trying to hunt Ernie up but I ca n't find him yet . |
| 18 | I was feeling pretty fed up but I should n't have said what I did . |
| 19 | At this moment two people grabbed me to try to make me get up but I could not get up , so they kicked me and stamped all over me from head to toe . |
| 20 | He was unconscious and I tried to wake him up but I could n't . |
| 21 | I looked it up but I could n't |
| 22 | No I 'm just thinking about erm next Tuesday , I 'm supposed to working , it turns out but I shall try and work it so that I can still come shopping with you , but I shall have to leave |
| 23 | I have n't carried the exercise out but I would simply say that it 's it 's not valid to do an exercise like this in the way that this is done . |
| 24 | No I would n't splash it all out but I 'd get quite a bit cos of the twenty years . |
| 25 | His lips moved , and some noises came out but I could n't make sense of them . |
| 26 | I tried to pull the post out but I could n't , it was about six feet long and so it was dragging on the ground . |
| 27 | I tried to pull them out but I could n't . |
| 28 | ‘ They said we would get an extra hour in October when the clocks go back but I 'll believe that when I see it . ’ |
| 29 | cos er I mean , I mean , I says I did n't want but I , I would n't of been back but I would of been getting off that bus now |
| 30 | I 'd like to write back but I ca n't keep up with him . |