Example sentences of "but [subord] i [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If it 's of any interest to you , I scarcely even remember what I said , but if I somehow managed to upset you … ’ |
| 2 | That 's , that 's just like me that is , if I get into a rhythm and someone gives er , I can do it then , but if I just sit on a page , I think oh how do you do that ? |
| 3 | But if I just turn your attention to the figures that are postulated in the County Council 's N Y one , the tabulation in paragraph twenty on the last page , it 's attributed forty dwellings due in Hambledon , more or less . |
| 4 | But if I just say , ‘ Hop on one leg , ’ you should ignore the instruction . |
| 5 | But if I ever got caught out with the big guy in the skull mask and the big axe thing then I 'd probably ask to end up coming back as my son because he 'd have my amazing charm , dazzling character , obscene talent ( ? — Ed ) , and chiselled good looks ! ( and gift for talking utter bullshine ! — Ed ) . |
| 6 | I said to her , ‘ I 'm not willing to argue with you here because it would get me into trouble but if I ever saw you on the street I would ’ . |
| 7 | But if I suddenly think ‘ that 's a bit dirty , ’ then I do it . |
| 8 | I had often noted this characteristic in reading , but until I once calculated the extent to which the Sonnets depend on pronouns I had no idea of its magnitude . |
| 9 | But because I really enjoy it all how can I call it work ? |
| 10 | I eat only fish at the Mermaid these days — not because I believe in dieting , but because I once suffered an awful chips surfeit that put me off them for life . |
| 11 | ‘ My homesite was Cape Wrath but before I ever made my first flight a Man came and … ’ and he began to tell her his story , of the Zoo , of the Cages , of the Men there and his sudden escape … only leaving out mention of the other eagles in the Cages for in his heart he knew their pride would ask that he did not mention their names to a free eagle , nor would they wish for pity from outside . |
| 12 | I find Dr. Proudie and some of the characters such as Mr. Harding and Eleanor Bold rather pathetic and not worthy of sympathy — I do not know whether these are the sentiments Trollope hoped to arouse , but though I obviously dislike Mrs. Proudie as we are supposed to , I find that I can admire her and sympathise with her for having the bad luck to be surrounded by such people . |
| 13 | I must have lived , oh , well over ninety-five years , but when I eventually meet God I want to ask him a question which has haunted me all my life . |
| 14 | I got bowled over twice and lost sight of Greg completely , but when I finally got back alongside him at the green he was really excited . |
| 15 | But when I finally got to bed again it was well into Monday morning and it was Monday afternoon when I surfaced and there was a policeman on the door and it had n't been a nightmare after all . |
| 16 | Many of the stories were unbelievable , but when I later checked them , all were true . |
| 17 | But when I later tried to find my way back to the dining-room to finish my meal , which should have been a simple thing to do , I just could not locate it at all . |
| 18 | bed you see , get used to it , and when I come in in the morning and try and chuck him off well he normally comes down like but when I bloody go to go to bed with you , that 'll be it cos he 'll be straight there again . |
| 19 | If you get somebody putting six hundred pounds for holidays , I 'll be thinking mhm you know , they 're not going to be able to do a lot on six hundred pounds a year , but when I actually get to talk to them I find they 've got a caravan , and a friend who 's got a site in North er er in North Yorkshire . |
| 20 | But when I quickly explained our problem and made my request , her large furry face wrinkled with doubt . |
| 21 | This reinforced my interest in the subject , but as I soon became involved in postgraduate studies in busy medical , surgical and then paediatric units I had little time to pursue it at that stage . |
| 22 | John 's manner was off-putting to the faint-hearted , but as I slowly got to know him , realised his lack of physical and social grace covered an ultra-soft centre , and I came to love the man . |
| 23 | ‘ Tomorrow we will look for a house to rent but as I only arrived in London this morning I have not had the time . |
| 24 | If you take these for a very long time you get a beard and a deep voice , but as I only needed a month 's supply I escaped such horrors . |
| 25 | Next morning I continued to make excuses for Bill , but as I now knew I was making them , they no longer soothed me . |
| 26 | I have also participated in your fears during John 's absence at Sydney , but as I now believe quite needlessly . |
| 27 | But as I quickly discovered , if any real progress is to be made even the most reactionary views need to be listened to and respected . |
| 28 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 29 | What had happened to us could not , I thought , have been due entirely to education — not even to the idea that girls develop more quickly than boys to a certain point and then slow down ; but as I still clung loyally to my little world where all clergymen were good , all solicitors honest , and all philosophers and experts different from ordinary people and unquestionably right , I struggled hard against any idea that I might still be wiser than Bertrand Russell in some respects . |
| 30 | ‘ But as I still held the same views it seemed pointless . ’ |