Example sentences of "but [adv] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mostly I try not to think about him at all . |
| 2 | But eventually I settled down . |
| 3 | But perhaps I go too fast . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not sure what time he 'll be through with his meeting , but perhaps I 'd better get back to the hotel and show willing just in case he 's there . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I told you I 'd be back , but perhaps I stayed away too long . |
| 6 | But perhaps I have not your generosity . |
| 7 | Praise Him for ever ! ’ until she stopped suddenly and murmured , ‘ But perhaps I do n't quite know the Lord yet . ’ |
| 8 | But perhaps I did n't make myself clear . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps I 'm kind of emotionally retarded … but basically I 've just written about things how I 've felt about them , myself , emotionally . |
| 10 | But so I spent quite some time over that . |
| 11 | But personally I do n't believe that . |
| 12 | The car then drove off , but suddenly I set off running after it , shouting , " Otto Preminger ! |
| 13 | I mean , we were exactly where we said we were gon na be , but suddenly I did n't realise that he was boss . |
| 14 | I did n't think I had an option — I was no teenage Lothario — but anyway I knew instinctively , without even having to ask him , that Mr Broadhurst would view the loss of my virginity as incompatible with my apprenticeship . |
| 15 | But anyway I flared up and said that sort of remark was what we were supposed to be fighting the war about and I went for him . |
| 16 | Providence , destiny — although I would like to treat destiny with a very small " d " in my case — inevitably played their parts but nevertheless I got away with it , and my crew got away with it . |
| 17 | I mean realize that would be a very bad analogy with women , but nevertheless I think just the analogy on numbers is not a good enough argument for women . |
| 18 | I mean , mentally I feel angry , but physically I feel rather like a limp dish-rag ! |
| 19 | But generally I saw more living conditions later on , er when er I started rent collecting for the council . |
| 20 | That is not to say that I have n't met some canny little folk , but generally I do n't speak their language because I have never been used to them . |
| 21 | I had to admit that , given my experiences of the evening , it remained a logical possibility that there might be some kind of entity out there skulking in some dark corner of the Cathedral , but somehow I thought not . |
| 22 | He 's a nice boy , ’ she said tolerantly , and a shade absurdly in view of the fact that she was perhaps two years his senior , ‘ but somehow I do n't see him making it to the top . |
| 23 | You 've produced a good advert for your team , but somehow I do n't think the Kop or the Gwladys Street hordes will be moving en bloc to Haig Avenue . |
| 24 | But gradually I calmed down . |
| 25 | Despite the instruction often given by teachers to emphasise personal involvement towards the end of an essay , you should avoid the sort of over-personalised ending found in this essay : After reading the first paragraph , I did n't expect such an exciting story , but gradually I got more and more involved in the narrative and finally overwhelmed by this splendid spectacle , which I could vividly visualise . |
| 26 | Yeah but like I 've still got more than well it 's about the same cos you 've got less at the top I think . |
| 27 | But like I do n't know , I do n't think there 's anything wrong with it , I mean |
| 28 | I know but when I 'm with her a lot I really to talk about like is about other people so like I do it as well but like I do n't |
| 29 | I do n't know what they say maybe behind your back or that but honestly I do n't think , no |
| 30 | What I 'm looking for is feedback from the clients which say , yeah , these reports are alright as far as they go but really I do n't want all that information or I want this information . |