Example sentences of "[adj] but i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did n't go to the funeral , but me cousin Dora who was Aunt Lucy 's daughter , she got there was er Walter , , Walter and Leonard were in a pram and me cousin Dora went down Lane and wh to the corner of Street and watched the funeral go past up to I 've got vague memories of that they 're not clear but I do know that he took us to watch me dad 's funeral past the corner of Street and I presume that now that it must have gone up Street up to Street street , cos he 's buried at Ryecroft . |
| 2 | The atmosphere was not exactly lively but I continued to have lunch there for a long time because she was extremely kind and the food was good . |
| 3 | The right is hereditary but I 've done nothing about it , slightly to my father 's chagrin . |
| 4 | The registration plates said it was only two years old but I stopped believing registration plates about two years before I gave up waiting for the tooth fairy . |
| 5 | We were very fortunate but I do remember the guns used to go off and I , when my so my son was born the , the guns were going off all the time from the castle . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not asking for advice– but I want to talk through something with you . |
| 7 | I felt numb but I had to get back to his stable three miles away and tie him up . |
| 8 | There is n't any there is n't any official but I 've got one that I 'll show . |
| 9 | I know it 's easy but I had to think of something to finish the week off with . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll be very nervous but I want to ask him what he eats for breakfast . |
| 11 | ‘ It is all very sad but I do wish Kevin and the club success . |
| 12 | Which is n't actually hard but I have to write it down as well . |
| 13 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 14 | I was in a rush as usual but I had to stop . |
| 15 | He 's er he 's saying that er the shifting of the ground 's political but I 'd to remember him that er , th it 's the council that 's doing their job , he 's not doing his job . |
| 16 | I 'm incredibly lazy but I do think I 've found the right way or at least a better way than hers to live . |
| 17 | I realize I am too awake to fall back asleep but I manage to make the fourth minute take longer than the previous three to count out , or finally |
| 18 | But it 's the way she 's saying oh I 'm so sorry but I have to go back on it when she 's agreed to something . |
| 19 | the only one who worked full time , they came on Christmas Eve with reluctant , because I said look I 'm sorry but I have to work Christmas Eve lunch time , and they said right we 'll be there at five past one , and I finish at one , there were there at five past one , they finally left two days after Christmas because I said I 'm sorry I have to go back to work today . |
| 20 | One was quite hot and spicy but I 'd forgotten what we had for the first two the two that they brought out . |
| 21 | It is hard to stay awake but I had to keep going to the loo ! |
| 22 | I 've got you a present but I have to find it — and yours , Alan . |
| 23 | Maybe the sentence was a bit short but I 've served my time on remand , I 've been in prison six times and have served about thirteen weeks altogether , but I do think they made a mistake I do n't know why . |
| 24 | Maybe the sentence was a bit short but I 've served my time on remand , I 've been in prison six times and have served about thirteen weeks altogether , but I do think they made a mistake I do n't know why . |
| 25 | He 's missing but I want to find him without the law knowing I 'm interested . ’ |
| 26 | No well that 's what he said , it does n't but I mean he went through all these and insurance companies and because of my kidney being removed I had to pay , I had to pay higher even though I did n't have to have a bloody medical but I had to pay high because of my |
| 27 | It is unlikely but I have seen er er one or two advertised in the er but but they will they are unlikely to put that on their list because they would n't think about it . |
| 28 | I know you are very busy but I do hope you can help in this way . |
| 29 | I 'm 30 , and I would n't go rushing into anything unexpected but I do think a great deal about this . ’ |
| 30 | Managers have n't been pleased but I 've done it . |