Example sentences of "but i suppose " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I suppose I thought it was , like I was trying to tell him today , a gut feeling , being Irish . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course , there was a whole community living here then , ’ Harry told us , ‘ but I suppose I 'm all that 's left . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We had six good seasons under Kevin but I suppose his departure had to happen , ’ Wilkinson said . |
| 4 | I wrote to that older brother of yours , ‘ My capabilities are of little matter now ’ , but I suppose I might be as well off writing to myself for all the answer I 'm likely to get . ’ |
| 5 | She said we 'd get some in the sales , but I suppose it 's too late now . |
| 6 | I wish he would give me some too , but I suppose he brought the bread just for the birds . |
| 7 | It can be frustrating when I 'm pursuing some grand design such as building a shed or planting a hedge ; but I suppose it teaches that life is a process of becoming . |
| 8 | Angie Bowie : ‘ I never realized and had never been involved in who did what , but I suppose that amounts to , if one wants to look at it from Ken 's point of view , being the fly in the ointment , or of one wants to look at it from a real point of view as , in terms of property settlement and management , that I was being David 's manager at that particular time , because it was possible for me to advise him to do something about the things that really troubled him artistically . |
| 9 | For him to die of pneumonia was really a terrible waste and I think David harboured a little … you ca n't blame someone for something like a person dying tragically with pneumonia , but I think he felt his mother should have watched over him more carefully , but I suppose that 's like saying the cat got drowned , why was the puddle there ? |
| 10 | Perhaps I should have done it before , but I suppose one 's always afraid of making a fool of oneself . ’ |
| 11 | But I suppose if you can have capitalism without capital , you can have anti-Semitism without Jews . |
| 12 | He is also an inch or two taller than I am , Not even the most stupid policeman in the land could possibly mistake him for me in an identity parade , but I suppose I am being too optimistic in assuming that literary critics are likely to be more intelligent or perceptive than an ignorant cop . |
| 13 | ‘ I was going to ask you to drive Harry 's car home , ’ she said , ‘ but I suppose you ca n't . ’ |
| 14 | But I suppose you 're right : the public is n't going to notice and those who know me . … |
| 15 | Gets irritated by the children , mind , but I suppose that 's natural in a man . |
| 16 | And the papers this morning — I say I do n't care , but I suppose I do . |
| 17 | Your proposal brings me no comfort whatever , but I suppose I have little alternative . |
| 18 | But I suppose one ca n't do things like that . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh dear , I do hate all this fuss — but I suppose it is our duty . ’ |
| 20 | Of course , I must be honest : I think some people will probably get hurt , but I suppose that 's a risk which everyone 's got to take in war . ’ |
| 21 | This is appalling heresy , I know , but I suppose we were saved from our excesses because we walked everywhere and lived very active lives . |
| 22 | This saddened us all , but I suppose it was inevitable , and reminded me of things I saw during the 1940 Blitz on London when living in the northern outskirts of the city but working near Hadley Wood , with weekly trips down to our offices at Kings Cross railway terminus . |
| 23 | But I suppose that it could happen if one of them became faulty . |
| 24 | But I suppose in the last resort , they must have thought that the less sophisticated engineering featured here is only likely to attract a specialist audience . |
| 25 | But I suppose I also intend a warning . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But I suppose you 'll tell her , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 27 | I wish Mr Lessingham had kept the details to himself , but I suppose it helped him to talk about it , especially as he lives alone . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It would be perfectly natural to hope that your husband had n't died for someone second-rate , but I suppose the boy has a point of view . |
| 29 | Alice had said : ‘ It 's a pity your husband did n't leave him to drown and save himself , but I suppose that on the spur of the moment he did n't weigh up the relative value of a useful teaching career and pimpled stupidity . ’ |
| 30 | I seem to use these up at a surprisingly high rate these days ( particularly the 8 pin type ) , but I suppose that practically every project is based on d.i.l. integrated circuits these days . |