Example sentences of "but i [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , but I meant leave them while she has a lot of sleepless nights . |
| 2 | But I learnt to control my baser urges a long time ago . |
| 3 | ‘ But I thought-I thought my father and you were n't on speaking terms . ’ |
| 4 | This wo n't be obvious yet , but I hope to persuade you of it . |
| 5 | ‘ But I prefer to see you safely to your flat . |
| 6 | But I prefer to take my holidays at the , the fair . |
| 7 | Old Charlie must have had a bit of a penchant for potholing judging by the amount of time he spent in every rock crevice north of Carlisle , but I prefer to suspend my scepticism and believe that the great man did indeed peel off his powdered wig and roll out a sleeping-bag in all the places that maps and local handouts would have us believe . |
| 8 | It may be poached in water or stock , but I prefer to cook it in the microwave , then coat it with the black butter . |
| 9 | I wish I could forget two London concerts he gave shortly before he died , but I prefer to remember him through performances as brilliant , powerful and exciting as we have on this set . ( ) |
| 10 | I have to wear make-up on stage but I prefer to let my skin breathe and just wear the minimum |
| 11 | Such a given behaviour ( innate is the conventional term , but I prefer to avoid it if possible , for it carries along with it a load of redundant ideological baggage ) ensures that appropriate responses are made to particular stimuli without the need for trial-and-error learning , but at the expense of limits to both the range and the flexibility of the response . |
| 12 | I could have given my information to any of your officers but I prefer to tell you because I must be guaranteed that the source of the information is kept secret . |
| 13 | The sheep were very curious and made a bee-line for me but I managed to push my way through to the birds . |
| 14 | I 'd never driven a van in my life but I managed to drive it from the East End to the West End , which I found a feat , and then I finally drove it up to Cumberland in the snow which was even more of a feat . |
| 15 | I felt terrified but I managed to control myself . |
| 16 | Anyway it ended up in a fight and he started pushing me around and went to punch me in the stomach but I managed to stop him . |
| 17 | ‘ You and I are also required to put in an appearance at the police station later , but I managed to persuade them you were n't in a fit state to answer questions right now . ’ |
| 18 | Alison was n't keen to take hers , but I managed to persuade her , pointing out that since I had n't been asked for any more money these were almost certainly aspirins . |
| 19 | The doc told me I could go but I would n't come back , but I managed to persuade her . |
| 20 | But I managed to talk my way out of them , with luck and with help from Fritz and Sapt . |
| 21 | As I was n't very clear about it myself , it was naturally difficult to think what to tell her ; but I managed to falter something unconvincing about borrowing something . |
| 22 | This platform was also fast filling up , but I managed to edge my way along the wall-walk to the shade of a chattri at the south-east corner . |
| 23 | I was about to say , If Eva and Dad get married you 'll be my brother and we 'll have committed incest , but I managed to shut my trap . |
| 24 | The wang bars on the Elite series were pretty bad , but I managed to find one without a wang bar and it 's actually a good guitar . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Well , he wanted it tonight but I managed to convince him I could n't possibly get that much money together before tomorrow night . ’ |
| 26 | A trip to the local agent found they had not got one in stock , but I managed to get one for a P6 car . |
| 27 | ‘ She 's off today , sir , but I managed to get her at her flat . |
| 28 | But I totally disagree with what she said in that erm yesterday I sat glued to the television most of the day , really to keep myself up to date on what was going on , erm I also have a baby but I managed to keep him occupied as well as take him out for a walk and give him his lunch and what have you . |
| 29 | But I keep telling her you ca n't take it with you . |
| 30 | ‘ I might be wrong , ’ the young hedgehog said , ‘ but I keep thinking there must be a better way . ’ |