Example sentences of "[pron] but i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | He was a good player but I but I think he 's always looked after himself , I mean he 's he 's |
2 | I know it would help to talk to someone but I find it so hard to open up . |
3 | I said , well I 'll find somebody but I hope you have n't got chicken pox . |
4 | Well , I 've spoken about how we remember you but I know you have far more memories of being here those years ago and I know you 're really itching to get up off your seats and go and have a good look round to see where you were stationed and if it 's at all possible to see the huts , the billets or anything where you were . |
5 | I should of put the kettle on for you but I thought you were busy with old father time here so I did n't er |
6 | He wanted to speak to you but I said you had a string of interviews , so he coughed up to me , nae bother . |
7 | But , but I said but , but that thing Trem , Trem like when she said to me do n't tell you but I told you because it concerned us |
8 | Well it 's nice to see you but I hate It 's not personal but I |
9 | a lot of them were too complicated for me to explain to you but I mean I appreciated the the miracle of it all , like they could actually take the thing to pieces |
10 | My dear , I do n't in the least want to hurry you but I think you should go . |
11 | I love you but I love her more . |
12 | He found you but I suppose you do n't remember . ’ |
13 | So I I 've got that with me but I 've what what what we 'll do now is we 'll start to erm make our way towards coffee , which I think might be welcome . |
14 | I said that 's none of my business , nothing to do with me but I said I should think it 's a tragic waste for you and I say , it wastes your money but that 's entirely down to you . |
15 | The boys were younger than me but I remember them coming to school — and what a job that was for them . |
16 | I am afraid that she had no success with me but I remember our chanting of ‘ Rowned and rowned — up and dowwnn — rowned and rowned . ’ |
17 | He did not recognize me but I knew he was the gentleman I had met on the stairs when visiting Miss Havisham . |
18 | ‘ Everyone was watching me but I knew I did n't need to go fast . |
19 | I was standing in the kitchen , he did n't see me but I saw him . |
20 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
21 | I dare say it 's silly of me but I thought we 'd wait till the coast was clear , so to speak , ’ she ended , smiling at her own accidental pun . |
22 | ‘ Mr Christie , ’ said a voice , ‘ you do n't know me but I know you , We have met and I know that you are a good man and a religious man . |
23 | Not really , it does n't annoy me but I know there are some like women older than me in in my office that know they 're not gon na get anywhere because it 's all men . |
24 | It might mean , it prob er I suppose in a sense that does n't matter very much to me but I suppose it might matter if you 're sixty yeah yeah . |
25 | Well , I shall move out when it suits me but I want you to know that the contents of these rooms are mine and I shall fight for them in Court if need be . ’ |
26 | Oh I could have er er well it does n't debar me but I feel it , it would it would n't be right , for me being a Labour Party member sitting on a , a non-segregated and non-political gr er ah association , |
27 | On my first day of school my mum kept trying to wake me but I pretended I was asleep because I was so nervous , eventually mum knew that I was playing a trick . |
28 | If members allowances are a hundred and eighty thousand this year which is somewhere around there , Mr may correct me but I think I 'm not too far out , we 've already upped those this year to a hundred and eighty- nine , so next year there 'll be a hundred and seventy-one and the thirteen thousand cost of this will reduce it to a hundred and fifty-eight I actually do n't think that is possible , we ca n't afford it within the terms of of the present set up , unless someone 's going to dramatically reduce the length and the number of meetings in this council , which I think is highly unlikely , I think we 've got to set a good example to our employees , I think that this would give completely the wrong message . |
29 | ‘ I know we have to beat them but I hope we win and get promotion and they still stay up . ’ |
30 | I unlocked the passenger door of the Transit for them but I thought it best not to open it for them or offer them a hand up and in . |