Example sentences of "but [conj] i have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once I have passed my test , I am not allowed out on the road without insurance . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But if I have to qualify for the Open , I 'll qualify . |
| 6 | Not that I am deliberately distorting or mis-speaking our findings , but because I have selected and imposed an order on the research which suits my theoretical and creative purposes and which therefore paints nature in the colours in which I wish to view it . |
| 7 | ‘ I am Betty 's pusher but because I have had a hip replacement I am limited in the amount I can walk , ’ said Mr Richardson . |
| 8 | But when I have got you an heir , I 'd best be careful , eh ? |
| 9 | ‘ But as I have invited you here , let's discuss the subject a little further at least . ’ |
| 10 | I could probably still have got across , but as I have said , the stones of the causeway were thick with seaweed , and treacherous even when exposed . |
| 11 | The position might be different if Woolwich had paid under threat of the revenue taking distress proceedings without a court order under section 61 of the Taxes Management Act 1980 , but as I have said there is no evidence that such drastic and highly unusual proceedings were either threatened by the revenue or anticipated by Woolwich , still less that Woolwich had a reasonable apprehension of being put out of business by them . |
| 12 | But as I have said earlier , I do not think this necessarily precludes a difference in the procedures which are appropriate on the one hand where it is necessary to explain to the driver his right to claim a replacement specimen taken under section 7(4) and what the exercise of that right involves and , on the other hand , where the driver is obliged , subject to any rights of objection , to provide the specimen the constable requires . |
| 13 | Teaching about computers is important , both technically and from the role they 're going to have in the children 's lives , but as I have said before the main interest , from an educational point of view , is using it as one would use a video tape or an overhead projector or a blackboard and a piece of chalk . |
| 14 | But as I have said to you , the Banbury School 's decision to opt out was not taken on the grounds of the education offered in this county . |
| 15 | But as I have shown , the function of grammar depends upon its being subservient to lexis . |
| 16 | The Rules of the Supreme Court make no specific provision for a contemnor being served with a copy of the committal order , but as I have mentioned an instruction has been issued by the Clerk of the Rules with the approval of the President of the Family Division which makes it the duty of the applicant 's solicitor to serve the committal order , but does not require personal service . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , sir , but as I have told Sir John and Master Devil … ’ |