Example sentences of "but [pron] i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing I took from Lonrho proved misleading . |
| 2 | I was chased mercilessly about the streets by my campaign assistant , Simon Heffer , who is now the chief leader-writer of the Daily Telegraph but whom I knew in those days as a fellow ( but younger ) old boy from Chelmsford . |
| 3 | The er the county council came forward with these policies as a result of comments that er districts made a number of years ago and perhaps er over a passage of time erm makes at least validity your point but I I remain of the the view that there is in the there is nothing in the county structure plan that sets out the basic objective of protecting the countryside and still feel that 's a valid objective within the structure plan erm within the structure plan er context . |
| 4 | But I I hope at the end of all this , there will still be how much training you 've had , that when the post is eventually advertised it will still be |
| 5 | But I I go on sorry Paul |
| 6 | Erm but I I want to and I 'm not sure where to go from here , I 'm not sure |
| 7 | But I I need to you see I need some buttons for Beverley and Melanie 's cardigans . |
| 8 | But whatever I thought of him , Gyggle 's therapy had been one hundred per cent successful . |
| 9 | If I say ‘ Prostitution is on the increase ’ I express my belief that it is on the increase , but what I put upon the mat for discussion is not my holding the belief , but rather the state of affairs , which I hold to be actual , but which others may not , of prostitution being on the increase . |
| 10 | I do n't know what he thought about , but what I thought about was how in God 's name we were going to be able to face each other in the morning . |
| 11 | But what I thought of as a contribution often seemed to be less appreciated than the things I thought of as irrelevant and boring . |
| 12 | I value their silences and self-expression , but what I miss in their faith is the glorious Anglican tradition of choral services . ’ |
| 13 | But what I hate above all is this constant sanctimonious attitude of the socialists that they think they know best and their continuous craving to create a nanny state . |
| 14 | I accept that one can make some criticisms about Labour local authorities , but what I dislike about the Secretary of State 's usual contribution is that it is so cliche d , simplistic and grotesque . |
| 15 | But what I heard at the same time was the most fantastic application of expression . |
| 16 | ‘ But what I saw as the character and what they the writers saw did n't match up at all . ’ |
| 17 | But what I know about you is n't really very uplifting , is it ? |
| 18 | She was right , it was perfect , but what I looked like was the least of my problems . |
| 19 | You might be boss of the launch , but what I do in my own time is none of your bloody business ! ’ |
| 20 | But what I objected to most was the all too often blanket opposition to change . |
| 21 | I know that I 'm being unfair to you and to Virginia , but what I feel for you — what I have always felt for you — has made a weakling of me . " |
| 22 | But what I think of them I must say in my own way . ’ |