Example sentences of "[noun] but i [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Best said : ‘ I can see the thinking but I think it 's stupid . |
| 2 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 3 | Er , it 's not my cup of tea but I think it 's looking alright . |
| 4 | ‘ I would be delighted if it was a fixture at parties but I think it is stretching it too far to say Spam will be on the end of cocktail sticks . |
| 5 | In some respects but I mean it just does n't I mean in a way I suppose well with Tina being a non smoker and Wiggie being a non smoker |
| 6 | ‘ This death is a tragedy but I hope it may be a turning point on the estate , ’ he said . |
| 7 | A sort of well it looked like black wool but I mean it obviously was a brushed cotton I would say . |
| 8 | Erm I think it 's on a , a similar basis to er to ours , a similar sort of six months but I think it 's er roughly about the same yeah . |
| 9 | I gather this is normal practice but I find it a little unreasonable . |
| 10 | ‘ I had considered going to California over the winter but I realised it was n't necessary . |
| 11 | Erm , I took her at her word , I still looked for work , I did n't stop looking for work but I took it that she was happy enough me being on the dole if it meant that we could stay around Bay or Anglesey . |
| 12 | It does n't have pockets but I liked it because of the red buttons . ’ |
| 13 | Now , I know it is sometimes bad to be very narrow in your outlook but I think it was a good idea to focus on , we consider as a pretty high priority and make as much progress as we can , without forgetting other things and try and teach ourselves to do something within a fairly short space of time . |
| 14 | And there 's his visitors but I mean it was |
| 15 | It may well be a social skill but I think it 's |
| 16 | One thing we did discuss at committee but I think it ought to be put to the A G M we discussed the increase in the cost of er , admission erm we held our prices down for at least a couple of years we had a heavy outlay on cushions I do feel that erm we ought to put in to the meeting what we discussed at committee that be raised from two fifty and one twenty five to three pounds and two pounds for the concessions including students and erm the youngsters . |
| 17 | I never did like drag shows and I did n't want to spend the evening in the pub but I did it just to be with gay people . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's a great personal honour but I regard it as an honour for the club and the city of Leeds as well . ’ |
| 19 | I think this is an extremely complicated er issue but I think it 's on that needs to be looked at consistently across North Yorkshire . |
| 20 | I came to England when I was 9 , that would have been in 1961 , and that 's when I saw the world for what it 's all about , I was still a child but I saw it , the black and white thing , it was a reality . |
| 21 | It was an unusual job but I found it quite interesting . ’ |
| 22 | It was an unusual job but I found it quite interesting . |
| 23 | Not only do I find this displeasing on the eye but I feel it contributed significantly to our eventual relegation . |
| 24 | ‘ It was an exciting record but I thought it was badly made . |
| 25 | It is neither the ninety seven thousand , nine hundred and fifty seven pounds claim by Mr nor the forty seven thousand one hundred and eighty five pound figure contended for by Mr but I find it a fair figure for the cost of the plaintiff 's transport in the years ahead . |
| 26 | on the faxes , just erm one item that came up really from yesterday which I 've already passed on to , to Sheila from the south cos it was raised at the south meeting but I think it 's relevant to everybody . |
| 27 | It 's only rock'n'roll but I like it ! |
| 28 | I do believe there were , there was a high explosive bomb but I think it was just jettisoned to as you wanted to get back home the German pilot he , he landed somewhere up Bluebell Wood but it just exploded and no one was hurt . |
| 29 | Strictly speaking , this is not solely a funboard technique but I include it here as it has such close links with the waterstart . |
| 30 | I am slightly embarrassed by this story but I fear it should be told . |