Example sentences of "[noun] but i [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | They used to be Bangor fans but I think I have won them over to Glentoran . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm pretty fit and I do like cycling but I expect I 'll be shattered by the time I get to the end . |
| 3 | they wanted me for the whole day of Friday but I said I 'm sorry I can only do you half day if you 're interested , they were , they were desperate . |
| 4 | He 's a big bloke but I think I could handle him . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm very keen to play again for England but I realise I 've got no chance , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Well I , I remember once going into er a British restaurant because it was my birthday and there was trifle on the menu and trifle was some sort of weird jelly thing that was thi instead of sponge it was stale bread and I think it was sort of stewed apple and mock cream but the fact that it it was my birthday and it was trifle you know I just sort of sat there like a queen but I think I 'm sure that it tasted quite revolting . |
| 7 | well your mum said to me well I 'll tell you the same as I 've told Con but I said I 'm not against the children or anything the children |
| 8 | ‘ It was second nature to look at the linesman but I knew I was on . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm on a diet but I find I 'm so hungry all the time that I 'm just miserable and ca n't concentrate on anything . |
| 10 | I stayed about half-an-hour but I felt I should n't be there . |
| 11 | I , you know I do n't mind , I enjoy handicraft but I find I 'm out Monday playing darts , I 'm out Tuesday doing handicraft and I look after a little boy who 's got Cerebral Palsy four mornings a week and comes three in the afternoon and it 's quite a lot . |
| 12 | I do n't know about other artists but I know I have this urge to chronicle everything . |
| 13 | Judgments were given by each of the five members of the court but I hope I will be forgiven for concentrating on that of Dixon J. The depth of the research and the penetrating nature of his analysis of the relevant equitable principles are , I think , sufficient justification . |
| 14 | I know I mean I know what I think in the back of my head but I mean I just prefer not to predict , I do n't want to say it does n't matter about thinking I know it 's a bit weird in you know . |
| 15 | ‘ It is n't very high on my list of priorities but I guess I 'd change my mind soon enough if I were to meet the right person . ’ |
| 16 | Mum and Dad and Mr and Mrs Lewis entered into the spirit of the occasion but I thought I could see some sadness in Mrs Lewis 's eyes . |
| 17 | and then other , like this morning I woke up about quarter to seven , well I 'd been awake a while but I thought I 'd came to at quarter to seven I went down and make some tea and having breakfast |
| 18 | Sunday but I mean I 'm not sure , I 'll say it now , I 'm not sure I 'm certainly not sure he 's doing enough . |
| 19 | I nearly I 'm lacking indoors , I 'm very lacking indoors I nearly lay down last night but I knew I just wanted to be |
| 20 | ‘ It was tough at the start but I knew I had to hang on to my serve at all costs , ’ she said afterwards . |
| 21 | ‘ I guess it was a big gamble to turn my back on Neighbours but I felt I had already been in the show too long , ’ says Kristian , who will still be seen in the soap in Britain for another 12 months . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've learnt a lot off the television but I think I still need to know more and it is something I think we all worry about . ’ |
| 23 | Excuse me I 've got not exactly hay-fever but I think I 'm going to be sneezing for a few minutes . |
| 24 | It 's called rape , it 's called indecent assault , it 's it 's um er understood in the same way that sex crimes against adults are understood and erm if you look at um y'know kind of er very young kinds um according to some people called Daley and Wilson , I ca n't remember whether I 've mentioned these on the handout but I 've I 've got some notes here . |
| 25 | does n't matter if I 'm not going to name any names but I mean I 've seen some people who it 's been suggested might stand two hoots of a flick of a finger whether someone of the sort that I 've seen mentioned , stood or not . |
| 26 | I wanted to go , go to the library but I thought I 'd start in my room so |
| 27 | Actually I see another little bit that I have n't covered for us who 's going to make a will but I think I 've dealt with that . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's not a word that I know sir but I think I take your meaning . ’ |
| 29 | Said one : ‘ I lied about my birth but I realised I was different and always coming top of the class did not help . ’ |
| 30 | I was thinking of doing a teddy but I thought I wanted sort of one , two or three things do n't you on the bottom ? |