Example sentences of "[det] but i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end I agreed to do this but I remember leaving the meeting literally , I am afraid , in tears and saying that although I would obey the majority I would resign from the Government afterwards as quietly as I could because I should have failed to uphold an almost lifelong conviction … |
| 2 | I 've heard this but I 've forgotten it . |
| 3 | Dear Helena , I do n't really rea really know how to put this but I 've had I 'll have a go . |
| 4 | again , I mean I maybe should n't do this but I tend to take a very relaxed attitude to these things and if somebody wants to bring a pal or if somebody that would be interested I see it as P R for the B A I E you know |
| 5 | I 'm thinking I ca n't believe you 're saying this but I wanted to photocopy it and show it everyone you see |
| 6 | oh , well I erm , I did do a few but I 've used most of mine up I think , I can look in the freezer to see if there 's any there , but I do n't think there is |
| 7 | One job has led to another but I do remember a particular film audition which I walked out of , much to the concern of everyone , my agent , and the casting director . |
| 8 | But I had n't got much but I 'd got on my feet . |
| 9 | like this very much but I 've got ta Ben |
| 10 | As a textile man I do n't mind woolliness too much but I do object to vagueness because this motion is so vague that it can mean as much as you want it to mean while , at the same time , it says to little as to leave an escape route for it 's supporters . |
| 11 | ‘ I may not like London over much but I do know a bit about the place and one thing I know is that it 's big , bloody big . |
| 12 | ‘ Look , I 'm not a feminist as such but I have to admit I rather resent that remark ! |
| 13 | I mean , they the men are more stronger and that but I 've run around a couple of them and I 've lo |
| 14 | And when I walked away I thought , oh fancy saying that but I 'd said it , it was too bloody late . |
| 15 | but when it come out me mouth , as soon as I said it I thought you should n't speak to people to people like that but I 'd said it had n't I ? |
| 16 | Got a got a pair of twos there ee by heck ! for four and a pair is six well I think I 'll have I 'm afraid two eights , two o , two eights , two tens and then nine did n't ask for that but I had to throw a pair of twos away for that and go in there you go . |
| 17 | she obviously did n't know this for a long time and then one day I said to her , well , it was lovely meal and all that but I do think your mark-up on the wine is scandalous ! |
| 18 | Dick , thank you for those kind words , er , specially about er my book , and I think I am considering appointing you as my agent er , you also said er that I 'd dr drawn the short straw indeed you er whispered to me that I was the sacrificial lamb this morning well we 'll see about that but I do know that I have the great honour to be invited to speak to congress this morning on behalf of the G M B parliamentary group . |
| 19 | I can take or leave that but I do like the main course , I do like |
| 20 | Well I agree with that but I want to make a few points first of all , because poll tax was tangled up with this . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought of that but I have made some enquiries . |
| 22 | Ideally I would like a free house of my own but I have got nowhere to go . |
| 23 | I should like to go on my own but I do see that the gig would be a little draughty at night in evening dress . |