Example sentences of "[verb] but i [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't know why I 've been dropped but I can only think it 's something to do with my run-ins with those high-profile managers . |
| 2 | I mean , I do n't swallow everything Morrissey says but I 'll always consider him worth listening to . ’ |
| 3 | Aubrey 's keen to go but I 'll probably be bored . |
| 4 | I try to sleep but I can only doze , and I am frequently aware of a pulse , a rattle , a rustiness rippling through me . |
| 5 | When the issue is not of a split in attitudes ( " I will compete but I will also borrow and lend " ) the head is unlikely to find enthusiasm or coercion an appropriate tool of management . |
| 6 | With a turnover of over stlg13m it 's quite a small profit margin for any business to be making but I could still do with tickets being half the price they are . |
| 7 | No that 's part of the the windows washing but I 'll quickly washed over them just to spruce them up a bit but I thought if I put Mrs in that , is she driving , or is she not ? |
| 8 | There 's a lot of talk about forgiving or forgetting is n't there , some people say I can forgive but I can never forget . |