Example sentences of "[vb infin] but [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said well I do n't really know but I know he lives local somewhere . |
| 2 | And I said I do n't know but I said I should n't think it would be too late . |
| 3 | Oh I do n't know but I mean I would n't have thought so . |
| 4 | Aye it 's yeah it 's well I do n't know but I think it 's it is definitely coming on Friday . |
| 5 | I do n't know but I think I 'm supposed to , yeah that 'll do . |
| 6 | cos he did n't know but you did he said and you have to ge , when yo can you come round is tha |
| 7 | Whether it 's slipped again I do n't know but he said he 'll look . |
| 8 | But whether he really was a s time served one or not I do n't know but he did it then . |
| 9 | I do n't know but she likes his name . |
| 10 | She said , she did n't know but she getting somebody down here now ! |
| 11 | Charles did n't smoke but he took one . |
| 12 | Well might do but I think it needs to be put in writing you know like who 's is who 's what you know |
| 13 | I hope you do n't mind but I believe my own dog would not appreciate the goodies as much as those who are in the kennels . |
| 14 | Erm If it 's if you want some kind of a guideline I think last year I ca n't remember but I think we I think last year we actually had to ask because the parish could n't support it totally . |
| 15 | I suppose they do keep but you know you sort of think |
| 16 | not sure how this would work but I think there 's got to be a place for both Strach and rocky in the team . |
| 17 | The wind must be blowing from them to you , since this not only minimises the noise you may inadvertently make but it prevents your scent blowing towards the rabbits and giving them advance warning that all 's not well . |
| 18 | I know she wo n't board but I tell you , I tell you the main advantages of boarding is that a lot of times if you , you know when sometimes you get to the point where you 've done so much prep and you 've got lots more and you really you feel like you ca n't cope |
| 19 | Well , it would depend but I mean there are various of nuisance from noise in the flats , or anywhere where you 've got a lot of people put together all living in a s fairly small area . |
| 20 | she probably would n't become a manager , because usually you think you can change and develop but I think she 'll be then be able to become a manager and she 'll sort of learn , but she 'd have to actually change her personality for it . |
| 21 | I suppose some people might have but I think I did n't really want to face up to the fact that he might have been that man on the beach . ’ |
| 22 | Now Darwin got from this this idea that somehow sudden things are miraculous , are natural , erm but admittedly they may happen but I mean there is a miraculous element about sudden things , whereas things that are natural should happen gradually , and he retained this view in spite of changing his ideas about all sorts of other things , and let us now see why the gradualism was so important a component of his theory of evolution . |
| 23 | You know a miracle will not happen but you find yourself behaving as if it might : we canvassed , those weeks before the election , with a heady feeling that success was round the corner . |
| 24 | Well no , well I mean like we do I mean I mean but I mean my gross up about three hundred over Tony 's but I put in many hours right ? |
| 25 | And er I lost touch with her after that but Joyce was very nice , very , very a down to earth cockney girl from Hockston and she said er she 'd tell her sister she said I do admire my sister she said they 'll never have anything other than a council house , I do n't suppose but she said my brother-in-law mends people 's motorcycles as a side line and the money that he gets from that he gives her most of it and she buys things on hire purchase , this was the days when hire purchase was n't fearsomely expensive |
| 26 | He did n't scream but she felt him tremble and he made a small , pathetic groan , like an angry puppy . |
| 27 | ‘ Steve was never mine to let go but I thought you were and I did n't let you go ! |
| 28 | Well I could you could let this one go but I think he 's gon na come out is n't he ? |
| 29 | I could hardly walk but it kept my feet dry . |
| 30 | For a long time Mr Fwancis did n't come but he did lots before he die like that . ’ |