Example sentences of "but i [verb] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I knew where I was with you ! ’ he says irritably . |
| 2 | In half an hour she felt a lot better , but I knew now it would be my job to see her safely down to the hut . |
| 3 | I suppose I could have thought from the little he 'd said up until then that my half-brother was dead , or ill , or that something had happened to him , but I knew then it was something Eric had done , and there was only one thing he could have done which would make my father look worried . |
| 4 | I 'm sorry you had to worry about me because I would n't let you know what was going on in my mind , but I hope now you 'll realise why I kept silent for so long . |
| 5 | But I remember when you said that that last year |
| 6 | I did n't , but I remember when you said that , that last year when I counted up |
| 7 | Anytime But I remember bloody you coming in on a Sunday morning sometimes you , bloody can hardly the bed ! |
| 8 | Her head was bobbing up and down now , and Peggy , smiling wanly , nodded in return , saying , ‘ Well , I ca n't remember what you did in those early years , Gran , but I remember how you used to bounce me on your knees in time with ‘ To ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross ’ . ’ |
| 9 | But I come whenever I can , just to watch and listen . |
| 10 | And I but I 've never she runs off with ashtrays and ornaments , remote control , pipe lighters . |
| 11 | what can I do , well I mean the there are , but I mean well they 're not , it 's not as expensive is it , once your |
| 12 | Well they probably do but I mean right they can go and I mean what do they spend their money on ? |
| 13 | But I mean otherwise it 's got all the , all the good points in there , it 's a pity that councils do n't have these meaningful names |
| 14 | I mean I 've filled in a few forms for them but I mean probably you 're a passive owner like me in the sense that I do n't go and actively trade them , er I keep them in a long term investment , and that 's it . |
| 15 | But I mean even it obviously does n't cost them over a thousand pounds to produce and i we would n't have bought it anyway , so in a sense it is n't they 're not actually losing much by giving to us are they ? |
| 16 | It 's an interval you 'd never see but I mean theoretically you could have that . |
| 17 | I erm I 'll make , I can easily make Charlie feel guilty cos he , I mean he 's a bit of a try-hard , you know , he thinks he 's a lad but I mean underneath I think he does feel something sometimes . |
| 18 | Yeah but I mean anyway I du n no I just get really pissed off with Catherine . |
| 19 | Well it 's , it 's more like more or less just like today , you know , if you , if you 've got nowhere to go and they just put you there , but I mean now you ca n't get in very good can you really , not now , but erm , Pat since she 's been on duty she 's had a terrible trial , terrible she had to get one , help in this morning , get one of the floor next door , then we 've had trouble one down further , but she 's been put into erm Ashlyn now for five weeks , so she 's out the way for a little while we 've had an awful worrying time here though , it 's absolutely been a pantomime cos this has just keeps er throwing herself on the floor , all the time she 's doing it |
| 20 | Yes but I mean how you say if they 'd played their cards right , but are you saying just go down there and say to him ‘ get off ? ’ |
| 21 | Erm but I mean obviously it 's a different situation , and the Chancellor 's still got some manoeuvring to do , but we could end up in , in rapid inflation again , because we have n't had it for ten years . |
| 22 | Yeah well we 've got set jobs but I mean like we 'll say look I 'll do post for you today if you do it for me like whenever |
| 23 | But I mean like I did n't think it was worth putting it in The Post to start off with anyway . |
| 24 | Yeah I mean like when I was in the park I only did it between because I was only really talking to one person at one time , but I mean like I could n't remember anywhere . |
| 25 | I know , but I mean like I 've got a lot of bollocks I 've some bollocks on it about erm er and shit like that . |
| 26 | No but I mean like I think , I du n no it 's quite funny though . |
| 27 | I speak on behalf of Playback not as Playback itself , but as Playback being part of the Regional Council that can a bit , now I was at a meeting this morning where I , I sort of absolutely had to read the riot act about Playback because they do not have a set budget whether you know this or not , they do n't have a standard budget as they should have , we 've fought for this for years , what we do is , we survive through crisis to crisis , now some money has been extracted from the Playback budget and whilst I have to share two bits of Playback , you know , the , the actual Playback charitable , voluntary bit , and the Regional Council , I mean they , I , I can say that they do not have a backing of money that they can fall back on , too many backs there , but I mean really I would say that I would be concerned if it was Christmas before we were ready , I , I ca n't help but think if we could and I mean , very , very happy to work with , with anybody and everybody on this to try and get these things pulled up quite quickly , I mean if it 's forms to be filled in then |
| 28 | but I mean certainly I think it 'll be worth erm |
| 29 | you know a legal document , but I mean maybe we can reach some sort of middle ground that would be a kind of guidelines and |
| 30 | But , I mean , she 's been down there and must be gone now something has , but I said surely she would have heard from the police if it 'd been |