Example sentences of "but [conj] i [verb] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Q My problem is that I 've got very bad split ends but if I keep having my hair cut it wo n't grow . |
| 2 | Erm it 's not working quite how I wanted it to but if I keep putting stuff on then |
| 3 | ‘ She always goes back to the attraction , but if I keep saying ‘ no ’ she will eventually learn not to do it . ’ |
| 4 | and then the first day I stop , I 've usually got flu , I 'm exhausted , I ca n't get out of bed , I feel rotten , but if I keep going for like , three weeks to a month , just on six hours , that 's fine , but the first day I stop I 'm like , in bed for a week ill usually . |
| 5 | ‘ But if I start looking up my own arsehole and acting differently when people parody me , I do n't think that 's a good way for me to live . |
| 6 | But if I start putting pressure on myself , saying ‘ Man , I am the No 1 and I 'm going to do it again ’ , that would be a load of garbage . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah yeah yeah and you know what until I get started takes long for me and then I usually can get going you know but until I keep going or sometimes somebody and I say that 's it ! |
| 8 | Part of me agreed , but when I thought settling with Ellen I 'd get this panic rising from my gut . |
| 9 | We tend to think of these beautiful insects as being very brightly coloured but when I began experimenting I was unable to get convincing results . |
| 10 | but when I kept ringing , you know , because they generally call here |
| 11 | I 'm a nice person , but when I get going I 'm like a madwoman . |
| 12 | I 'm all ready if I got my handbag , but when I start walking because of the cars being broken into I do n't carry a handbag , you see , I just carry money in my pocket . |
| 13 | But when I started walking across the table to the farmer , his youngest son , a boy of about ten , picked me up by the legs . |
| 14 | But when I say recording material , I just mean one conversation that you 're , you 're transcribing . |
| 15 | ‘ But as I keep trying to tell you , publishing is not that easy to get into — especially at your sort of salary level when you 've no experience . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , but as I keep trying to get through to you , I do n't want to teach any more . |