Example sentences of "[det] but i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I hope you do n't mind me arriving without an appointment like this but I understood you had an Open Door policy . ’ |
| 2 | And course we 're doing a lot of counting today this wrist is a you know I do n't mind that you see what did that wrist was that elbow I had to have a second operation on it , in the arm up here because er I had to have some bone taken away in the elbow course it stretched guiders but they also erm disturbed the wrist joint because it was in plaster like that stretched round and disturbed the wrist joint and I ke it 's it weakened it and it 's only just it 's only just this what last nine months that it 's that it 's really started to effect this but I know what it is that 's because I keep going out doing the odd jobs |
| 3 | Derbyshire folk may query the authenticity of this but I defy them not to enjoy the results . |
| 4 | Especially when you 're not gon na like me for this because , you 're not gon na like me for this but I think one think about Foxy is he is two faced . |
| 5 | I think , I think Council is accepting this but I think it 's |
| 6 | ‘ Sorry about having to rush off like this but I promise I 'll be free tomorrow . ’ |
| 7 | I was gon na buy some but I thought you usually buy some so |
| 8 | London Irish coach George Hook , who has , in fact , made a player out of Higgins , believes there is a cultural problem : ‘ I do n't think our players drink very much but I imagine they drink more than their counterparts in other rugby countries . |
| 9 | A close friend , who said he was too frightened to reveal his name , has told the drinks trade newspaper , the Morning Advertiser : ‘ My life could be in danger if I say too much but I have my own idea what the murder is all about . |
| 10 | Well really , looks like I 've only done two each but I think I 'll freeze I 'll only cut two up lovely ! |
| 11 | I never worked with anybody like that but I know who you mean . |
| 12 | I ca n't remember that but I know she , she 'd been to the families either side , Mrs she 'd got one son and two daughters and there and what have you , and then at the end house furthest from the lock was a family named they got two lads and oh she only used to charge half a crown . |
| 13 | well we say that but I mean they 're not really Derbies . |
| 14 | I mean you 've got to try and keep yourself afloat , and then even that 's not going to help you , if nobody comes along and picks you up either , so I mean that But I mean I I did n't Oh well I Suppose I could say I gave up hope a few times but obviously if you s The struggle to survive comes through in the long run , and I mean it 's it 's not easy to give up hope , |
| 15 | He was like , he was on the dole for years man , he was lucky to get that but I mean he used to . |
| 16 | Well you say that but I mean there are plenty of other coal disposal facilities in the country . |
| 17 | ‘ I was goin' ter tell yer about that but I thought you would n't be interested . ’ |
| 18 | It made Yeah I know it made that but I thought you just wanted to know what it gave off . |
| 19 | I ca n't say I know many women like that but I find it interesting . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm sorry about that but I did it while was out . |
| 21 | Well I do n't se I do n't think that it has been badly designed for the old people , I think the object of building the town as it has been built is to integrate the erm the old people with the young , perhaps the young people resent that but I think we have got to have a mixed community in as much as we have got to be aware that old people need attention in as much as they need companionship and if they are not integrated with the community they are going to be I really se , just left out on their own which in lots of cases there are very , very many lonely people , old people but if they are put within the community I think the community will look after them , in as much as giving them companionship whether the people , some people resent it or not , I do n't know , but I do think that they should not be segregated . |
| 22 | As far as er the honourable gentleman for Edinburgh Central is concerned , he said there was a case for a wider inquiry into the auditing o of companies , well that is not something specifically called for er by Bingham although I acknowledge that a case can be made for that but I think we want to be extremely careful before extending that in the way that he and the honourable member for Great Grimsby proposed beyond the direct er responsibility to the members or the owners of the company . |
| 23 | I would hope over the next few years we actually do move towards increasing towards that but I think we will have some severe difficulties , particularly with the planning department where large numbers of members of the public do visit the area . |
| 24 | Oh I do n't know about that but I think they 're likely on the same |
| 25 | Erm we 've we 've actually developed social housing really rather as it 's been an opportunity we 've grabbed it and we 've done it , you know , some of it 's been very very good an and nobody 's knocking that but I think it is time that we took stock and actually had a a proper policy and a proper strategy on sa on social housing . |
| 26 | And then of course , when she came into the village to buy the few things they need — it is astonishing how modest Mr Swinton 's needs seem to be , she hardly buys any comforts at all but I gather his man is an excellent gardener and they keep a pig for bacon — ’ |
| 27 | It , it was a two bedroom old cottage it was , very , very nice with a big garden and all I had was erm one room downstairs and like er a kitchen , well er where the sink and that was it was more like a big room where the kitchen was and the two bedrooms upstairs , but only a door on one bedroom , you went up the stairs into a big open room you know where the bannisters all round you know what I mean , no door on it and just , another door , a bedroom door , that 's all but I loved it you know it was a nice erm , not bad , but of course it was condemned it got so old and then they pulled it down and they built another house on it right next to where erm that shooting took pla you know they was having that shooting night just down that lane where I used to be |
| 28 | So if anyone 's interested in going on that , get in touch with me or Dave , we 'll erm , say we do n't need to many but I think we can take a few and we will take our petition with us on that one , the animal petition . |
| 29 | Right well do n't have any papers on those but I thought we 'd got more than that . |
| 30 | but she sold her house in Jersey , her husband retires in July , the school break , and erm and she said I 've got some good , er when I got home from wherever I 'd been , Rudy left me a note to say phone Val good news and I thought it were her back was good news , but she said no me medical problems were not good news , they dare n't operate cos me back 's in such a state and they have n't give her much hope for anything apart from a wheelchair sort of thing , later on in life and erm , but she said that I 've got a bit of good news I 've sold me house so I said ooh lovely , so she said I do n't know any more but I ring you and let you know , the next night she phoned me back , she said yeah me house has gone they got two hundred and twenty thousand for it , they wanted them out a week on Thursday |