Example sentences of "[noun pl] but i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They used to be Bangor fans but I think I have won them over to Glentoran . ’ |
| 2 | Personally I 'd hate to see Hodge go , he gives his all and as has been mentioned on a number of occasions scores very important goals but I suppose their is really no place for sentiment with the way we 've started this season . |
| 3 | ‘ I would be delighted if it was a fixture at parties but I think it is stretching it too far to say Spam will be on the end of cocktail sticks . |
| 4 | In some respects but I mean it just does n't I mean in a way I suppose well with Tina being a non smoker and Wiggie being a non smoker |
| 5 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 6 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ She had been depressed during the last 18 months but I thought she was getting better . |
| 8 | Erm I think it 's on a , a similar basis to er to ours , a similar sort of six months but I think it 's er roughly about the same yeah . |
| 9 | He was a bit suspicious I must admit when I bought him those Janet Reger nighties but I knew he 'd never get the chance to wear them . |
| 10 | I could fill a book with the other similar comments which were written on the questionnaires but I think we can take it as read that the trials proved beyond doubt that if you followed the diet moderately strictly you could definitely lose inches from parts usually untouched by normal dieting methods . |
| 11 | It does n't have pockets but I liked it because of the red buttons . ’ |
| 12 | And there 's his visitors but I mean it was |
| 13 | I presume you wish to help underdeveloped countries but I fear you could do them considerable harm . |
| 14 | ‘ She 's on the check-out in one of the supermarkets but I think she 's on holiday this week . ’ |
| 15 | bits and pieces but I need something else of the same size , you know |
| 16 | He usually stops eating for a couple of days but I talk him out of it . |
| 17 | of the , the national average and it 's not because erm they 're paying high wages to get the , the most able people , it 's because there are mechanisms , institutional mechanisms that keep wages high , there 's no market in the jobs for , th these are generalizations but I think they are fairly , fairly true erm becau there is no market for er for the jobs , for civil service jobs that appointments are made and it is much more important who you know than , than what , what you know and the old boy network , as it 's called , in this country is fairly important in the English Civil Service but a similar sort of network tends to be far more important in developing countries , something that is euphemistically called patronage erm but we might call the old boy network or er er jobs for the boys whatever , but erm |
| 18 | Erm I I I would obviously take very seriously the N R A responsibilities but I think you 've got to bear in mind there 's within the water act , there 's a thing called infrastructure charges |
| 19 | I know how to build those damned weapons but I know nothing about those fancy triggering devices . ’ |
| 20 | I do n't know about other artists but I know I have this urge to chronicle everything . |
| 21 | Now that was certainly the views of the President of the Board of Trade before er he er returned to the cabinet er at another time and I 'm not sure if he 's departed from these views but I think they 're worthy of some weight . |
| 22 | I do n't always know the answers to the questions but I answer them anyway . |
| 23 | I understand the feelings but I think they should study circuses like us and say this is the sort of circus we want in Witney with no caged animals . |
| 24 | And er at that stage we tried the fire hydrants but I mean there was no water in the pumps the electric pumps there was no ele electric power 'cos the elec electric er generator was blown to bits , well they were n't working anyway . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 26 | Erm I I am surprised well I do n't I 'm not surprised really they 're probably busy doing things but I thought we might have got a couple of vicars on this er this afternoon to talk about it . |
| 27 | But they used to ask me for things but I thought there were enough s erm shops here really . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | It will be quite some time before all your suggestions are processed in details but I know you will be interested in some of the preliminary findings . |
| 30 | I can hear a chuckle in some quarters but I feel he never let England down . |