Example sentences of "[noun prp] but i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they wanted me for the whole day of Friday but I said I 'm sorry I can only do you half day if you 're interested , they were , they were desperate . |
| 2 | We got turned over last Saturday but I thought we showed great character out there today . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm very keen to play again for England but I realise I 've got no chance , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ They were made in Florence but I bought them in Bonn . ’ |
| 5 | Erm in Wales and Scotland also slightly better than people expected erm a rise was , was expected but not as strong as we , as we 've actually seen erm the Welsh and Scottish er economies , certainly there 's cle clear evidence in Scotland but I think one can read it for Wales as well , showing that the manufacturing economy er very much being buoyed up by the electronic sector erm and that probably er helping to explain why growth has been so strong in those parts of the country . |
| 6 | He has stopped driving out to Wellport but I bet he misses our time there , its vigourlessness so safe and morally neutral , when he wore the passive uniform of old age . |
| 7 | Nicotiana do not bloom in December but I smelled them , and with them another smell , a cigar , but James had not smoked cigars nor was there anyone near who did . |
| 8 | Yeah Helen but I got them , |
| 9 | Chair you will not be surprised to hear me coming yet again to s to raise the point about regeneration in West Yorkshire and to say that I agree with Mr and M Mr but I find myself agreeing also with Mr 's written comments in his paragraph three sixteen where he clearly points to the fact that settlement in this south west quadrant would serve West Yorkshire perhaps more so than N than York . |
| 10 | It is neither the ninety seven thousand , nine hundred and fifty seven pounds claim by Mr nor the forty seven thousand one hundred and eighty five pound figure contended for by Mr but I find it a fair figure for the cost of the plaintiff 's transport in the years ahead . |
| 11 | Yeah I 'll have a word with Stu but i mean he 's gon na be that busy today . |
| 12 | It 's not too bad , Germany but I mean it 's not as good as |
| 13 | I think that 's a silly decision by Vic but I expect he 's got the unions on his back . |
| 14 | I am not usually a forward sort of person as you know Elsie but I thought there had been enough talk about death enough of wanting bad bad things so I said why kill it it is not a fish for the pot . |
| 15 | Sunday but I mean I 'm not sure , I 'll say it now , I 'm not sure I 'm certainly not sure he 's doing enough . |
| 16 | ‘ We had six good seasons under Kevin but I suppose his departure had to happen , ’ Wilkinson said . |
| 17 | , writes : MY mate claims that the best-selling single by the Beatles was Hey , Jude but I say it was I Want to Hold Your Hand . |
| 18 | I hate Derek but I like your man out of Better Days . |
| 19 | ‘ She 's only the same age as Tommy but I think she 's already a good enough organist to start playing in church on Sundays . ’ |
| 20 | and I mean I 'd love the Bluecoat but I mean you 've got to be pretty clever for that . |
| 21 | No this is perhaps not quite right for Marge but I tell you who I have left out , Jackie and . |
| 22 | Yeah well I 'm , I 'm gon na try and get the final year lecture for Tuesday sorted actually on Saturday and erm it 's usually , it 's usually Guy but I think I 'm doing it this week , yeah , because I 've got quite a few to do on things like racist in the media and Guy 's mate Dennis has just written a book and he 's given me a manuscript of it and it 's about how racist psychology is which is |
| 23 | Holbein sounds a long way away from Braque but I think it 's a question of visual patterns , the division of the area . |
| 24 | ‘ One fifty an hour would be considered exploitation in London but I daresay it 's par for the course round here . |
| 25 | Britain does have a future as part of the EC but I want it to be prosperous again in its own right . |
| 26 | England B forward Williams , 27 , said : ‘ I do n't know too much about Chris but I know he is very fast . ‘ |
| 27 | Try to get some er old door casings rip down from me you know , now , I was thinking of going to North Wales but I know what they 'd say cos it , the ones that I got from our Rob 's you know the they 're quite clean but of course they 've had nails in the , you know , the head like I made the cab some cabinets you know . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ I 'm relishing the opportunity to follow someone like John but I have my own goals . |
| 29 | Of course , it was James Thurber who epitomised wine snobbery in the famous line , ‘ It 's a naive domestic Burgundy but I think you 'll be amused by its presumption . ’ |
| 30 | So I I 've digressed er from er considering what erm erm er what this has got to do with the er erm congress of Vienna but I think it 's er hopefully er er a worthwhile erm er digression . |