Example sentences of "[adj] but [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to be picky about this but but I mean they are government based . |
| 2 | and erm of course computers did n't help in the slightest because er , I think the er , I may be wrong about this but as I understood it erm the computer programmer worked for West Suffolk but at the time of reorganization he 'd got himself another job . |
| 3 | Well I know the the when we had the er I T V , you know , over Christmas it said in there it was on Central but when I turned it on it was n't at all . |
| 4 | I felt so sad but if I had gone there and seen her , how would I have felt ? |
| 5 | Cos I do n't normally snore unless I get a cold but when I get a cold I fucking |
| 6 | Once the drip was up and the monitor was on I was much less mobile but as I gained confidence I learnt how to put the monitor back on if it stopped working when I moved . |
| 7 | I felt sickly occasionally but I felt really happy throughout my pregnancy.I used to be quite shy but since I found out I was pregnant I felt very confident in myself . |
| 8 | And unfortunately second half it did n't come right but as I say we 've got a point out of it so we still you know , kept ourselves unbeaten for a game or two , so we 've just got to try keep it going and take it from there . |
| 9 | You know , if the wa I 'll have that but but I had the last bit before that . |
| 10 | no , so we did n't have an invite I know , I mean normally I 'm taken every year you know , there , to see the old time musical which is great and I look forward to that but cos I did n't get , get there and I love going to Leah Manning as I say we have dancing there on a Wednesday afternoon it 's great , I enjoy it ever so much and I meet all my friends there that I have n't seen for years , you know , that I used to go to clubs with and they 've all arrived there now you know it 's great to see them , I thoroughly enjoy it . |
| 11 | So , I 'm thinking oh it 's hard , when I actually feel it it feels thicker at the end and it does feel better but when I 've washed it , I shall feel all hairy now all afternoon . |
| 12 | Well , you 'll just have to tell them that it 's missing but when I 've paid for a newspaper I expect to get all the pieces that I 've paid for and I 've already paid for mine , so this I 'll take . |
| 13 | It was difficult to see what she was offering at first but as I took them from her I saw they were credit cards , an Access and a Visa , both made out in the name of Mrs J. A. Scamp . |
| 14 | ‘ We are a bit thin on the ground up front but if I stuck the cleaner and laundry lady out there I know they would give me 110 per cent . ’ |
| 15 | It just says it 's aqueous but but I mean when it when it when it happens |
| 16 | My canoeing skills , newly acquired , were not tested in Canadians , helmed by a guide , and I am disappointed but as I did n't acquire my elementary skills until I was a 61 year old female I 'm not complaining but I do complain that I 'm quite unable to find a suitable canoe companion now I 'm on my own . |
| 17 | Well erm eight hundred but when I did it wrote it into normal terms like six point sixty four with one two three four noughts |
| 18 | Hazel stakes are unquestionably the best but when I caught rabbits professionally I had the estate make me up a set of iron stakes of only ⅜ inch ( 1 centimetre ) diameter , with a small shoulder at the top to prevent the top line sliding down the stake . |
| 19 | I mean we talk about the triple-one but when I say two-fold there is , I feel , the deeply rooted oppression of centuries of gender discrimination , the oldest form of discrimination . |
| 20 | The dress is very nice but once I 've got it on I realize I 'm just not in the mood for it . |
| 21 | For all this however , he has an iron nerve and told me , ‘ I have never been scared but when I go out for the National I get a tingling sensation . |
| 22 | As I rounded Ardmair Bay , the sky was bright but as I reached the scattered cottages and crofts of Strath Kanaird , none with an invitation to halt or stop , ominous yellow clouds formed overhead , obviously heralding a storm , and when Stac Polly came into sight , there was a spiralling column like a tornado above it . |
| 23 | It is detailed alright but as I said what they 've written is detailed enough but they 've missed out erm various things that we needed to know |