Example sentences of "but i [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't , I have n't got a clue but I knew it the minute the second you said it I knew it . |
| 2 | Some people do n't do anything — some people 's places really are n't clean … well , this one is n't very , but I keep it the best I can . |
| 3 | But I made him a vow , ’ she shrugged . |
| 4 | I did n't know Tonya very well , but I wish her the best . ’ |
| 5 | He said : ‘ The van was not there at 6pm but I noticed it a little bit later . |
| 6 | ‘ I thank you , Mr Aycliffe , ’ Theda said drily , ‘ but I know him a little better than that ! ’ |
| 7 | But I like it a bit stronger than that . |
| 8 | ‘ Sorry , but I make it a rule never to have working lunches — so bad for the digestion , I find . |
| 9 | But I told him the best publishers to try — the pink-ohs , you know . |
| 10 | People say they become imperceptive ; they spend hours looking for the car keys that were on the table in front of them all the time ; they become preoccupied and inattentive to what other people are saying to them ( ‘ But I told you the Smiths were coming over yesterday . |
| 11 | ‘ Wild geese , mon vieux , is what you presume me to chase , ’ said the gentleman to Bramble , ‘ but I assure you the stable door is bolted . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It may not seem so now , but I promise you a miscarriage is one of nature 's mercies . ’ |
| 13 | This was no doubt very wicked of them , but I bear them no animosity at all : I had done what I wanted to do , which was to obtain a glimpse of the Caucasus from the most easternly town of any size in Turkey . |
| 14 | " But I call you a whore ! " |
| 15 | But I give them a so then I saw Mrs on Tuesday when I was at Ashington . |
| 16 | I do n't , cos it ai n't polite with strangers , but I give her a real nice smile instead . |
| 17 | She would n't say even then but I plagued her a bit till she could n't keep it to herself any longer . |
| 18 | I gather this is normal practice but I find it a little unreasonable . |
| 19 | It is neither the ninety seven thousand , nine hundred and fifty seven pounds claim by Mr nor the forty seven thousand one hundred and eighty five pound figure contended for by Mr but I find it a fair figure for the cost of the plaintiff 's transport in the years ahead . |
| 20 | I said I was n't sure , but I gave them a phone number which I knew to be Nassim 's office above a leather warehouse in Brick Lane . |
| 21 | He made a half-hearted move towards me , but I gave him no encouragement . |
| 22 | I think I said it was a 6-iron or maybe a 7 , but I gave him the yardage and he hit his shot right at the hole . |
| 23 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |
| 24 | But I gave her a cold stare and fluffed my fur out ; I could n't have her thinking I was a pushover . |
| 25 | I was utterly baffled , but I gave you the benefit of every doubt , which by this time added up to a couple of thousand . |
| 26 | Th we th , I think at that time it was just the done thing , you hand out tranquillizers , erm but I found it a , a really bad experience |