Example sentences of "but [conj] i [vb base] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm you know I like Georgian and I like a lot of other architecture but that I think has got tremendous character . |
| 2 | Before I call the Home Secretary , I should say that I understand that a notice of appeal has now been lodged but that I propose to exercise my discretion in respect of the sub judice rule to allow questions covering the Home Secretary 's statement . |
| 3 | ‘ You have to motivate horses like these , but once I 've got Ghofar 's blood up , we should be cruising . |
| 4 | The dress is very nice but once I 've got it on I realize I 'm just not in the mood for it . |
| 5 | Yeah , that 's right well we 've got ta put them round anyway but once I 've got that on I can take the st steps in then no , I shall leave those there I 'll just go and have a look at the other frame . |
| 6 | But once I have passed my test , I am not allowed out on the road without insurance . |
| 7 | She paused and added thoughtfully , ‘ It 's strange , but although I 've stayed down here a lot I 've never met him , but perhaps that 's because his wife was an invalid and he devoted all his time to her . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Erm it 's not working quite how I wanted it to but if I keep putting stuff on then |
| 10 | ‘ She always goes back to the attraction , but if I keep saying ‘ no ’ she will eventually learn not to do it . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But if I wish to enjoy myself dabbling in cooking or in playing the stock exchange then I should try and form my own judgment . |
| 13 | There is a closing sequence now the reason that you were able to close in the manner that you did with that bloke is a natural ability , but if I 've said to you to teach somebody else it you would say I can not do it , but I ca n't teach somebody else , because you 're not actually aware of the sequence that you 're working , can you see what I 'm saying to you ? |
| 14 | Er , Mr Deputy Speaker I do n't have time to deal with the other points but if I 've missed anything in particular I will write to honourable members concerned . |
| 15 | But if I 've got to tell him , I suppose I 've got to tell him . ’ |
| 16 | If I need to create a fancy-looking letter , I use Word , but if I 've got a lot of writing to do , then it 's into DOS-based Q&A . |
| 17 | I s I was still only down to sort of eleven stone , but if I get to like ten stone |
| 18 | But if I want to move up the ladder I 'll have to go elsewhere . ’ |
| 19 | But if I want to hear the long , late-night groove on side two , I have to play the album . |
| 20 | But if I want to play the odd tournament here and there , I will . |
| 21 | But if I want to play real loud I just go down to my basement — I have a stack down in my basement and just crank that up ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | But if I do admit his claim to enjoy them , and still persist in the inquisition ( ‘ Why do you like gibbons ? ’ ) , the logical nature of the question will have changed . |
| 25 | Well no but if I do bust 'em |
| 26 | ‘ The Masters is important also , but if I have to choose I would prefer the Davis Cup to be the next big thing to win . ’ |
| 27 | But if I have to choose , then William Golding : he has a tremendous command of the language , is economical , and has great gifts of description . ’ |
| 28 | All my life , he wrote , I have been preparing myself for this moment , but if I have prepared myself correctly then it is so that when the moment came I should not be encumbered with the sensation of having waited for it all my life , for such a sensation , wrote Harsnet , is too heavy a burden for anyone to carry . |
| 29 | But if I have to qualify for the Open , I 'll qualify . |
| 30 | But if I dare to retaliate … if even so much as a minute flick of water lands on the Monster 's piggy-pink face … |