Example sentences of "[adj] but i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harvey was certainly reliable but I think he was also capable of pulling off the classic save ( as in the Leeds-Arsenal Cup final ) . |
| 2 | One that I thought wrong but I think I 've got it right . |
| 3 | May be I 'm wrong but I think it 's in a block . |
| 4 | Cos I used this look , I said that erm I 'd re I had represented his father in an accident case some years before and I was acquainted with the family in a casual way , and I said this may suggest , because he was saying you can make up and you can , this is a bit when you can use your imagination , and I said this may suggest that his father , you know he 'd like , because it the way he says that , I 'd represented his father , I was acquainted , you know maybe that he knows he 's used to that kind of erm behaviour from the family , you know , and he knows what Eddie 's like his fa I do n't know I might be completely wrong but I used my imagination there . |
| 5 | erm you know like for instance I mean erm I mean I suppose I feel British but I mean I do n't feel I have any very strong identification with with other British people because there are so many other people in the world speak English and erm often people from other countries who in many ways you identify with them more . |
| 6 | Nigel 's comment after first viewing the interior was , ‘ Well , it 's a trifle Hollywood baronial but I like it . ’ |
| 7 | I was at once interested but I did my best to suppress the instant flicker in my eyes . |
| 8 | He looked offended but I guessed his idea of discretion was swapping his length of lead pipe for a rubber truncheon . |
| 9 | She continued : ‘ I am 70 years old but I felt I must make this sacrifice for them , even though the constraints on me in the future are very great . ’ |
| 10 | Well it 's like er now that sometimes when you 've been doing the message you know you might talk a little bit different but I mean he 's had elocution lessons . |
| 11 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |
| 12 | Oh aye , it is painful but I thought it 's not going away so I 'd better go and see about it . |
| 13 | ‘ Morrissey had a wonderful twist of phrase ’ , says Muir today , ‘ His writing was really witty — really very clever but I found his personality fascinating which is why I decided to publish . ’ |
| 14 | Did n't realize she was going quite so early but I suppose it 's hardly early anyway now . |
| 15 | It was not easy but I think it is for the best , in the long run . |
| 16 | You think I 'm paranoid but I tell you , man , there is something going on . |
| 17 | It 's sad but I mean I think miles away you sort of not quite so bad , traumatic . |
| 18 | about ten past one , well I had indigestion all night and I could feel it , and we 'd had our tea and I thought oh I do n't know , but I went to bed feeling alright and suddenly I woke up I thought oh my god I 'm gon na be sick , I come running down stairs , but you know I was , I was sick but I know I had n't finished and I 'd sat down and I was sick three times . |
| 19 | it 's basic but I mean it is a nice |
| 20 | With children , your alternative is hard but I think it 's like a John Donne paradox : you 're bound but you 're also free ’ . |
| 21 | My elder brother he does n't work hard but I suppose he is kind of quite . |
| 22 | At the East 15 Drama School I have taken audition technique sessions , which was all fine and large but I encouraged them to write their own material as well as having stock pieces to do . |
| 23 | Erm I think the , the thing about it , which I th the good points about it th are the light on it , the light on the water here , the light on the waves here , and even on this one and also , I think , the choice of mount is very good , that you know , to choose the blue , it may be a bit obvious but I mean I , you 'd be surprised what some people do with their mounts . |
| 24 | I had moved the rubber-handled wrench from the right side of the driver 's seat to the left but I knew its presence was mostly psychological . |
| 25 | This is ambitious but I know you will do well , knowing how mativ motivated and generous people of Norlan Northern Ireland are . |
| 26 | I was very cold but I prevented them driving away . |
| 27 | Peter 's commitment is certainly not total but I think his interest can be maintained if we do n't frighten him . |
| 28 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 29 | ‘ I know it sounds awful but I felt she would criticise what I did and how I looked or try to organise me . |
| 30 | Well I says I 'm very sorry but I says it 's six miles away in a store , we do n't attend stores in the evening , I 've nobody to come d I 've got Where the hell do you think I 'm going to sleep tonight ? |