Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ I have never seen Downey 's picture but I would think I may know him . |
| 2 | ‘ But I 'll think I 'll just need to talk it over with a few people before we run it though . ’ |
| 3 | But I could see I had lost his attention . |
| 4 | I 'm a very careful driver but I will admit I do n't like men getting away first at the lights |
| 5 | But I can see I must n't keep you . |
| 6 | I do n't have that much brains , but I 'd say I had good common sense . |
| 7 | I do n't want to sound too flame-eyed and low-blink-rate about it — and , all right , I know I 'm a real simp in many areas — but I 'd say I was way ahead of Tod on this basic question of human difference . |
| 8 | Well I 'd say to price it , I know they 're not quite so expensive on carpet but I 'd say I 'd say about seventeen pounds , but I bet it was about twenty seven or thirty one |
| 9 | I do n't mind helping him and that , but I must admit I 'm feeling a bit uncomfortable with this leg . |
| 10 | I am a great fan of Ginny 's but I must admit I was upset to see this picture as Murphy must obviously be in pain . |
| 11 | ‘ It was during the post-punk kind of period and I went through a series of bands , but I must admit I found working for other people really difficult . |
| 12 | I do n't know , I always said I 'd never took the piss out of these children , but I 'm sure I must have done at school , but I must admit I was embarrassed . |
| 13 | But I must admit I ca n't altogether make it out . " |
| 14 | But I must admit I really had a go at one nonce and felt so guilty afterwards , after she explained to me what had happened . |
| 15 | I have no objection to raising money , but I must admit I hate Celebrity Golf Tournaments . |
| 16 | But I must admit I 've got to know what happened with that goal , or free kick in |
| 17 | I turned to Jamie and then the girl , cleared my throat and said quite clearly : ‘ I did n't know if you two ever shared or , indeed , still do share , for that matter , for all that I know , at least mutually between yourselves but at any rate not including me — the misconception I once perchanced to place upon the words contained upon yonder sign , but it is a fact that I thought the ‘ union ’ referred to in said nomenclature delineated an association of working people , and it did seem to me at the time to be quite a socialist thing for the town fathers to call a street ; it struck me that all was not yet lost as regards the prospects for a possible peace or at the very least a cease-fire in the class war if such acknowledgements of the worth of trade unions could find their way on to such a venerable and important thoroughfare 's sign , but I must admit I was disabused of this sadly over-optimistic notion when my father-God rest his sense of humour-informed me that it was the then recently confirmed union of the English and Scottish parliaments the local worthies-in common with hundreds of other town councils throughout what had until that point been an independent realm — were celebrating with such solemnity and permanence , doubtless with a view to the opportunities for profit which this early form of takeover bid offered . ’ |
| 18 | Yeah certainly I would do but I must admit I do n't really like er giving people 's phone numbers out , I do n't know how he 'd react to , you know , somebody ringing him up and |
| 19 | ‘ The situation has been eased slightly for my parents since a community nurse has been visiting Jennifer , but I must admit I 'd rapidly been coming to the conclusion that something else would be needed very soon . |
| 20 | She added apologetically , ‘ Sophie thinks I 'm too romantic , and I suppose I am , but I must admit I 'd love to be protected . ’ |
| 21 | But I must admit I was a bit nervous . |
| 22 | But I must admit I have n't seen an I have n't seen , you know it 's years well it 'll be years |
| 23 | I did n't like the song but I must admit I thought it was quite clever . |
| 24 | we actually ended up with a lot more I P R people and we 'd done all the work and they got most of the money now that 's fine that 's the way life goes sometimes , but I must admit I think that depending on how big an event you want to make it you 're maybe as well to keep it an B A I E event and open it up quietly at the end |
| 25 | Even president Clinton is learning that , even as a democrat he had a reputation of fiscal responsibility as a government , but I must admit I welcomed his present er proposals in that regard . |
| 26 | They 're also , Mr Mayor , interestingly coming out in favour of the individual but I must admit I applaud that and at long last in some , admittedly very modest way , er they are moving , I wo n't say to fiscal responsibility , but at least they 're learning the lessons of the recklessness of the past of their policies . |
| 27 | Yes , but I must admit I 'll sort him out . |
| 28 | But I must say I was deeply disappointed . |
| 29 | But I must say I am at some loss as to why you should be so concerned with these most trivial of errors . ’ |
| 30 | But I must say I do n't expect to be seen as the next Mansell , but as the first Damon Hill . ’ |