Example sentences of "[vb pp] but i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that stage it would have been easy to have got carried away and think that the Cup was won but I made a point of saying that " A wise man does n't count his chickens " and we did n't do that . |
| 2 | This is something I was trying to get clarified but I do n't care really as long as somebody gets it . |
| 3 | The kids were mortified but I thought it was a real hoot . ’ |
| 4 | We 've slightly digressed but I take your , I take your point . |
| 5 | Country vets are n't easily sickened but I felt my stomach turning . |
| 6 | Er he attended to me and I should n't have done but I looked at my notes at th bottom of the bed one day and it said , Interference denied . |
| 7 | That 's what I should have done but I got them in the wrong order . |
| 8 | Horbury , 55 , said : ‘ I 'm sure Daniel will never forgive me for what I 've done but I hope he does . ’ |
| 9 | Kevin 's been done but I 've not given him anything back in writing yet , which I 've go to do . |
| 10 | I said I fully realised the job had to be done but I wished to protest against the shabby trick ‘ Ark Royal ’ had played on us . |
| 11 | Paragraph seven making it clear put that an initial assessment has already established er it has already passed the preliminary assessment stage er and that er the director is undertaking the data collection procedure so that the site can be properly assessed and I do drawn er Mr attention er to that I erm have taken the opportunity during the last adjournment Chairman to speak to Mr about the appropriateness of the wording of his er er amendment and I believe that he he may wish to er move something which is slightly different er which will certainly er we 'll deal with that er if he does move that but er it clearly is the intention of this report and of the committee that when the work has been completed on the assessment of traffic calming measure in Shalford and its priority established , that we would then bring er another report er to the highways and transportation committee in response to this petition er as as indeed is set out in paragraph ten B and if Mr wished that to be brought forward through to council then that will be done but I leave to him if he wish to move an amendment to make it quite clear , since er I must say this motion is rather bland . |
| 12 | I ca n't say I approve of what he has done but I do n't ask him and I do n't want to know the details . ’ |
| 13 | They 're keen to do it a and if you want to make any more it can be done but I think |
| 14 | No I 've not decided but I know I am I 've done this thing before it 's |
| 15 | long time for dialects to be accepted but I think I think that boundary is giving way |
| 16 | I was as surprised as he was at what time had revealed but I did not join in when his boyish enthusiasm took hold . |
| 17 | I was n't totally prepared but I knew what it was like . |
| 18 | After he 'd gone Dad said he would consider what Mr Vulcan had said but I knew already what I wanted and I knew Dad would n't object . |
| 19 | ‘ A lot of bad things have been said but I 've fulfilled a lifelong dream this season for which I 've worked very hard . ’ |
| 20 | The second bit I 've seen but I need to see the first bit . |
| 21 | Portraits also play a major part in Clamey 's work , ‘ I 'm probably very old fashioned but I believe still that the principal aim or a portrait is to achieve a good likeness of your sitter , but you also have to create a picture . ’ |
| 22 | Yeah actually I could have had that the other day if I 'd have thought but I did n't bother . |
| 23 | ‘ He could have exploded but I doubt it . ’ |
| 24 | It was actually obvious that a burglary had occurred but I refused to take it in . |
| 25 | We should be able to tell you something of the nature of the fastenings used but I doubt if we can say whether a body was involved . |
| 26 | I 've heard that phrase used but I do n't know what it 's for . |
| 27 | ‘ People are commenting on the spirit we have shown but I think we have also played some good football . ’ |
| 28 | I got very close to God , I felt emotionally drained but I benefited tremendously from the trip . |
| 29 | It is quite adequately furnished but I wish it to be in really bon ton . |
| 30 | Since I repotted it this spring into a generous-sized pot , it has not only burgeoned but I 've also found it much easier to keep the compost just nicely moist . |