Example sentences of "but [adv] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mostly I imagined you asleep , left utterly to yourself in a situation where my own absence from your life did not matter : |
| 2 | I wore this dress to work today , because we had a meeting , but mostly I wear what I want . |
| 3 | My three-piece was wringing wet , but eventually I dried it out , and the rest I just bagged together . |
| 4 | It took me time to find out what was wrong but eventually I sorted it out . |
| 5 | But eventually I got it right , I had to — I could n't do the advanced course without the basic one under my belt . |
| 6 | Well at one time , I was able to cope with that , but eventually I found myself taking three and four weeks to do it , y'know , with time wasting for going out trying to score and stuff like this , just to feel as though I could cope with the job . |
| 7 | The most moving thing that ever happened to them , they say — but secretly I think it is all to do with stealing thunder from the women . |
| 8 | Oh yes , yes , no , I think I think that er and I think that you know that particularly the the Mirror Group Newspapers Trustees doing a doing an excellent job you know , but we have n't really got into the into the stock lending er arrangements , but the , the cases those I think are particularly you know important to us you see , because there is a there 's another hundred and fifty nine or a hundred and fifty three million I think of , of writs out at the moment and those I think are the ones where we 're going to really see whether the , the banks dig their heels in or not , you know , I think we 've , we 're rea very early stage , but basically I mean we 've still got eighty , getting on for eighty per cent of the missing monies still missing and we 're into our third , third year . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's a long story , but basically I thought they 'd get on together . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm told they might need me for a bit of PR work , but basically I gather I 'm going to be the technician permanently with the team . ’ |
| 11 | But so I mean I think the case for Regional Government is definitely there and I 'm surprised by Councillor , I 'm surprised that you said your group is n't seeing it . |
| 12 | Most of Lot of us have lost a lot of times , but So I thank you again . |
| 13 | Mr did n't wan na work tomorrow really though cos I 've got ta be I 've got ta meet that new dentist tomorrow but obviously I owe him . |
| 14 | As Signals explained , television ruined all this homespun entertainment but personally I found it quite a relief when we got a set and could all sit around watching King George 's funeral . |
| 15 | ‘ But personally I think he 's split , now his organisation 's blown apart . |
| 16 | I have only dipped into it here and there , but already I know it will displace the Tales of Grimm as my favourite book . |
| 17 | But normally I get them off the market . |
| 18 | But anyway I know it takes up a lot of time and a lot of our columns . |
| 19 | know nothing after that , but anyway I said it will , I 'm putting this away so I 'll have a hundred pound then and if she does n't come I says I 'll have a hundred pound for |
| 20 | But anyway I mean it 's all part of the picture . |
| 21 | there must be a reason you know , they , they went well so I 've got sixty of them , they take them with me tonight and they said would there be any cakes available for Saturday and I , I think and I nearly said to erm , well last year you reckon you could n't sell cakes , but anyway I helped her |
| 22 | But some of the children there erm , somebody must have been very , very , optimistic because we put a lot , a lot of presents in there , but anyway I think it was a superb night , and , and , and the meeting of er , to get together in the fire station afterwards , quite , in the Price Room was very good . |
| 23 | alright just shut up a minute , I 'm talking to ya , so she said afterwards oh I says that was good were n't it could n't even switch the machine on and she said it does n't matter does it , she said it 's not what happens its the way you deal with it , and I made a joke of it and I said to him oh this is good i n't it ? relax you 're in safe hands I ca n't even switch the machine on , but anyway I did it in the end and he was alright , and he said thank you very much , that was , you were very good , you were very kind , cos it is frightening and one thing I said to him do n't hold your breath , because people think when their having an E C G they 've got ta hold their breath for some reason , just lie there take a deep breath and do n't breathe again but you 've never had one so you would n't no , I 'm just going to mix this up |
| 24 | — Besides , you 'll find , that their Couples were never marry 'd : — But yonder I see my Coridon , and a sweet Swain it is Heaven knows ; — Come , Dorinda , do n't be angry , he 's my Husband , and your Brother ; and between us both is he not a sad Brute ? |
| 25 | And in the twelfth race , the six forty five erm West Mead Ricky erm adversely drawn in trap four , but nevertheless I think he 's a little bit better class , so that 's the fourth leg of our Radio Oxford yankee erm West Mead Ricky , that 's the ten twenty . |
| 26 | I hear , I , I , I think there is a tendency with the County Council but as I discovered as Chairman of Highways that members want to take a greater interest and to have a greater say on the items on the agenda now planning is is not a controversial as , as say highway items , but nevertheless I think there will be times and there will be agendas which will require a great deal of discussion on the individual items and I 'm also a great believer bearing in mind comments if it ai n't broke , do n't bend it . |
| 27 | But nevertheless I think it looks very attractive in that way . |
| 28 | But generally I think it will become better . |
| 29 | But Mr Xemgin said : ‘ I would like to think his death would bring changes , but somehow I doubt it . ’ |
| 30 | Maybe next time we shall consign the polls to their proper place alongside the racing tips , but somehow I doubt it . |