Example sentences of "but i [verb] that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I maintain that a far more accurate picture of the stratigraphical record is of one long gap with only very occasional sedimentation . |
| 2 | For a moment I considered bolting , but I noticed that a young reptilian reception-clerk was watching me narrowly , as if he thought I might roll up a carpet and try to carry it out under my arm , and I became instantly obstreperous . |
| 3 | For example : ‘ I will be sad that we wo n't all be together at Christmas , but I know that a holiday away is really what I need . ’ |
| 4 | But I sense that a male-voice choir leading the crowd , complete with their distributed song sheets , through Welsh anthems is a trifle zealous . |
| 5 | It is a pity that the special position of chemists was not recognised when the legislation was being prepared , but I believe that a simple procedure could easily be worked out by the RSC and MAFF . |
| 6 | ( The fact that I found it offensive to have to make any such argument for human equality shows that I was working with an ethical a priori approach , but I believe that a case can be made . ) |
| 7 | ‘ It 's very difficult to do because if you are n't careful you just write down a series of platitudes , but I think that a statement of aims and beliefs is very necessary even if it does look platitudinous . ’ |
| 8 | Er , I must declare an , an interest because I am a , a court lawyer , but I think that a lot of people say no because of the media pres , presentation , you only hear bad stories , they do n't hear the good , good stories about the attempts to make the courts more efficient and I think that on the whole and with the circumstances that the courts have to deal with they do a very good job . |
| 9 | but I think that a sort of , the time we have perhaps on a could be used a lot more constructively . |
| 10 | Mrs Singh seemed to be listening intently but I guess that a lot of what was being said went over her head . |