Example sentences of "[to-vb] but i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't vital to come but I thought I ought to . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll be honest with you , I did n't want to come but I 've got no choice . ’ |
| 3 | A further acknowledgement on the video box is difficult for us to provide but I hope you will accept the two credits as specified as being sufficient . |
| 4 | Maybe I 'm a bit young to remember but I do n't recall those two playing for Leeds at any time ! |
| 5 | I am too young to remember but I think he began his career as a supervisor in the turquoise mines of the Northern Desert , towards the end of the reign of Nebmare Amenophis . |
| 6 | Well you 've got to get them to participate but I suppose you would do if you question them |
| 7 | I 've done that on trains , I 've done that on a tour bus quite recently , and of course the response you get can be very , very aggressive and that 's sometimes quite hard to handle but I take the precaution of always checking before I go somewhere that I 'm going to , I 'm going to be backed up , for example , erm before I go I purchase my holiday , I actually checked with the tour company that they did n't allow smoking on the buses |
| 8 | ‘ This is much harder to handle but I know what is required because I have been here before . ’ |
| 9 | I did not threaten to resign but I did make it clear that I would not endorse changes I could not justify . |
| 10 | I left home at 15 to become a footballer , she was really proud of me ; she encouraged me to go but I know she wanted me at home . |
| 11 | I did n't want to go but I thought she deserved a better life than I could offer . |
| 12 | It seems to me that all of us in this chamber have at one time or another , wanted to actually spend money erm it comes programme of committees , I do n't think it 's behoved upon me at the moment to transgress on what programme committees are actually er but to predict exactly where they will want their expenditure to go but I do know is that there is a huge backlog of member generated aspirations in terms of the environmental improvements , traffic calming facilities , particulary which I suspect were actually generated mildly in excess of the figures which we have before us tonight which is why we clearly leave open that further bids against capital can be made in the course of the next three years , erm which will be assessed against the overall financial position of the council and I think the council much more than that . |
| 13 | I 'm tempted to go but I do n't want to for the fool I 'll make out of myself . |
| 14 | ‘ I was saddened that it was felt I had to go but I suppose it was unsurprising , ’ he said . |
| 15 | ‘ We 've still a way to go but I look for improvement all the time and our start this season has shown just that . ’ |
| 16 | Marie yelled after me to wait but I did n't want to talk to her about it so I chucked my sandwich-box over to her and told her she could eat them for me . |
| 17 | I wanted to object but I did not know how to do so . |
| 18 | The man jumped in and shouted at me to drive but I refused . |
| 19 | I 'm not at all sure I 'm fit to drive but I have to if I 'm going to get to Inverness in time for the connecting flight . |
| 20 | I met a brother-in-law who told me to leave but I stayed another night in our new house just outside the village . |
| 21 | I may not have gone back to sleep but I lay awake grinning . |
| 22 | I stepped closer and the young woman rose and made to flee but I seized her by the wrist . |
| 23 | See , Sue has n't come back to me , the science department has n't come to me so I 'm not , I may leave that and say , and do something like that next year in a module or wait until I 've finished again I do n't mind , that 's still something in my mind which I would like to do but because talking to the form tutor 's , what I had written down as a fait a complet erm they 're not too keen so therefore I opened up and say you know , which particular things they were interested in the banking one they are very interested in the environment one , yes , within the school tidy upping area that they would like to do but I 've got ta be able to , and I do n't when planting season is or if I wan na put , be able to put flowers in etcetera , you see what I mean ? |
| 24 | There 's no need to put your name and address if you er choose not to do but I think we will actually value your your views on that questionnaire and certainly use those views in the coming months . |
| 25 | It 's supposed to do but I think once his treatment has finished we w then w I we need to get an independent assessment |
| 26 | I know it 's hard to believe but I think it is actually possible . |
| 27 | I find this a difficult case to understand but I do not think that it can be said to support the Woolwich principle . |
| 28 | Her writing was n't all that easy to read but I think it 's correct . ’ |
| 29 | I think that there 's a lot for your Lordship to read but I think it might be beneficial in the long run , it was certainly , our experience has been that it certainly would take time in the long run but to deal with it this way . |
| 30 | Of Twin Oaks , Gordon Richards said : ‘ The owner is keen to run but I have an open mind . |