Example sentences of "[noun sg] but i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Best said : ‘ I can see the thinking but I think it 's stupid . |
| 2 | ‘ He is not the most robust horse but I knew he was in good shape . |
| 3 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 4 | er well there 's one there that 's a continual er it is American , well it 's an American style programme but I mean they advertise all kinds of things from all |
| 5 | Er , it 's not my cup of tea but I think it 's looking alright . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm pretty fit and I do like cycling but I expect I 'll be shattered by the time I get to the end . |
| 7 | Well , I was bailed on a charge of fraud but I feel they 've got something else up their sleeve . |
| 8 | ‘ This death is a tragedy but I hope it may be a turning point on the estate , ’ he said . |
| 9 | A sort of well it looked like black wool but I mean it obviously was a brushed cotton I would say . |
| 10 | I gather this is normal practice but I find it a little unreasonable . |
| 11 | And what happens in actual human situations which are what get me , and I 'm going to give you three and I guarantee their genuineness you will doubt them all I have not the least fear but I guarantee you their genuineness , they come from the records of Age Concern Scotland of which I am the president . |
| 12 | ‘ I had considered going to California over the winter but I realised it was n't necessary . |
| 13 | Erm , I took her at her word , I still looked for work , I did n't stop looking for work but I took it that she was happy enough me being on the dole if it meant that we could stay around Bay or Anglesey . |
| 14 | Now , I know it is sometimes bad to be very narrow in your outlook but I think it was a good idea to focus on , we consider as a pretty high priority and make as much progress as we can , without forgetting other things and try and teach ourselves to do something within a fairly short space of time . |
| 15 | It may well be a social skill but I think it 's |
| 16 | Well th the bloke but I mean he 's not attached . |
| 17 | He 's a big bloke but I think I could handle him . |
| 18 | One thing we did discuss at committee but I think it ought to be put to the A G M we discussed the increase in the cost of er , admission erm we held our prices down for at least a couple of years we had a heavy outlay on cushions I do feel that erm we ought to put in to the meeting what we discussed at committee that be raised from two fifty and one twenty five to three pounds and two pounds for the concessions including students and erm the youngsters . |
| 19 | I never did like drag shows and I did n't want to spend the evening in the pub but I did it just to be with gay people . |
| 20 | I 've seen her laugh but I think she 's taking the piss . |
| 21 | Yeah well I me and Margaret should be in the hall but I think they 've assumed that there will be less |
| 22 | ‘ It 's a great personal honour but I regard it as an honour for the club and the city of Leeds as well . ’ |
| 23 | Yes a tricky issue but I think we 've got to get to grips with it |
| 24 | I think this is an extremely complicated er issue but I think it 's on that needs to be looked at consistently across North Yorkshire . |
| 25 | ‘ I would like to do something to help like bringing her home but I know she is in the best place . ’ |
| 26 | I came to England when I was 9 , that would have been in 1961 , and that 's when I saw the world for what it 's all about , I was still a child but I saw it , the black and white thing , it was a reality . |
| 27 | They would not cruelly ridicule the child but I think she would feel left out by the time the girls were ‘ settling in ’ , as she would not fit in ; girls have more subtle yet often more hurtful ways of rejecting one another and this would be felt by the outsider before long . |
| 28 | All he could tell me was that the team had no sponsor but I felt he was trying to put something together . |
| 29 | Well I , I remember once going into er a British restaurant because it was my birthday and there was trifle on the menu and trifle was some sort of weird jelly thing that was thi instead of sponge it was stale bread and I think it was sort of stewed apple and mock cream but the fact that it it was my birthday and it was trifle you know I just sort of sat there like a queen but I think I 'm sure that it tasted quite revolting . |
| 30 | well your mum said to me well I 'll tell you the same as I 've told Con but I said I 'm not against the children or anything the children |