Example sentences of "but i [vb base] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This will , I suppose , be an issue , but I hope it does n't become a dominant issue , ’ he said . |
| 2 | You know , I 'm not saying your lot wo n't win , but I hope it does n't happen in my lifetime . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ The game here has improved tremendously — but I hope it does n't move too much towards the Australian way of playing . |
| 4 | This all ( this morning ) seems a highly coloured raving — but I hope it lets you see how dazed and alone I feel just at present . |
| 5 | I am afraid it is written in enviro-jargon , which will need translating into ordinary English or Welsh , but I hope it helps you think about the kind of issues that need to be got across in a popular television programme . |
| 6 | I 'm sorry I ca n't boil all this information down , but I hope it helps you prepare a brief for Peter Johnson . |
| 7 | Steve , I always said to Steven if we have a kid I said I hope it looks like me I said but I hope it got your temperament come out exactly wrong . |
| 8 | No but I mean it becomes , it becomes shorter . |
| 9 | But I mean it brought up a lot of things that we perhaps |
| 10 | Yes , this is , this is , this er Who 's picking up Laura 's point which is that you get all the contractual arrangements er er done , but I mean it does n't mean you ca n't have the ritual , be it dressed with , you know , er a long |
| 11 | Er , I du n no what you think but I mean it does state there , it 's quite interesting if one reads it out |
| 12 | Power , pitch , there 's one I want to squeeze in between but I mean it does n't matter . |
| 13 | But I mean it does pick up . |
| 14 | But I mean it sounds really crap but it 's just I swear if he chooses me I 'm gon na fucking slap him . |
| 15 | but I mean it depends also I suppose erm , when your aiming for is the market , and I , I , I would like to have my work published but I also like to perform it and its got to be attractive to be looked at , in the first instance in , on a page its not known , er , there is , there is a lot of debate at the moment about using erm pages for poetry and some poets have actually starting using , writing from the wrong side and , and , and , and writing in the shape of a poem , for instance , if , what poem I was thinking off was a , was a waterfall so it was cascading the words cascading , you almost have to pick , ha , ha , have a choice of , of words that you want to fit into a particular thing , erm I think that 's had its place , but I think it can be a bit off putting as well , yeah , but it exciting , yeah definitely . |
| 16 | But I mean it depends . |
| 17 | Yeah but I mean it depends what sort of bloke he is , and I mean if he is like that |
| 18 | Yeah , that 's right , yeah I know but I mean it run |
| 19 | He was a Scotsman depending San Francisco and er situation that what you described but we were handing out food at Christmas Eve to people and people were coming up and er for their own proud they were saying things like I 'm a vegetarian or I do n't eat cheese pasties that was the case that was the only thing you had left but I mean it makes me really angry that we did not have this situation ten or twelve years ago . |
| 20 | So that answers all those years that I have been conducting these seminars , it answers my question not in the way I was particularly happy about I have to say , but I mean it did answer my question and then it may be them having you know I mean like sort of things I may not be particularly happy with , but maybe it is good that the papers are reflecting what the community wants . |
| 21 | But I mean it did n't really go with the rest of the things . |
| 22 | And I 'm disappointed that the District Council officers nei ei any of the three come , I understand one 's ill , but I mean it seems a bit disappointing cos I did actually |
| 23 | And I mentioned at the last meeting I think what has actually been said in the erm meeting I could repeat that , but I mean it confirms exactly what you 're saying . |
| 24 | There 's an oil stain beneath it , but I bet it has n't been on since last February . |
| 25 | But I wish it had n't been tonight , for tonight we have been invited to Gemma 's house for supper . |
| 26 | The EVA wedge at the heel gives good shock absorption , but I wish it travelled the whole length of the boot as I find the balls of my feet get sore after a long day on the hill . |
| 27 | " Yes , but I wish it did n't have to be like this . |
| 28 | I do n't know if it tells you how much this production cost but I know it said something about , oh the one thing |
| 29 | you ca n't really see what 's been done , but I know it 's been done . |
| 30 | And I 've still got my unit trust thing but I know it 's gone down . |