Example sentences of "but [adv] i [vb base] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mostly I remember the fishing and if it had n't been for having to carry a gas mask , go without sweets and put up with loud bangs in the middle of the night , I would hardly have known a war was going on . |
| 2 | I think I went down to most people to say they ca n't , but when you point out something to them , they say yes I can see that , look there 's this as well and I think culturally er were led to believe if you do n't succeed in it , erm but in actual fact I think that you all do , but perhaps I think the books do , either assess it and give it value or , or still allow it to happen |
| 3 | But already I have the impression of warm spring sunshine . |
| 4 | ‘ But somehow I get the impression that Rob is n't so deeply committed to the company as you are . |
| 5 | But still I get the feeling there ai n't no one out there . |
| 6 | But still I have no doubt at all it remains erm at the top of the international league and is much admired elsewhere . |
| 7 | But everytime I see a new line on my face , I 'm also hysterically thinking it 's all over . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I tend to shower when I go to the gym , but often I have a bath in the evening with my son . |
| 9 | ‘ We have never said no to a sport since l896 but now I think the time has come to start . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I like it , and so do the frogs , but now I want a bigger one that does n't have plastic edges , so the effect is completely natural . |
| 11 | ‘ I was devastated for four months after finishing second to Woosnam last year , but now I realise the value of that defeat . |
| 12 | He 's also saying , but now I have a more responsible job , therefore I have to be in time , five minutes after him , not good enough . |
| 13 | But now I feel the world has ceased to exist . |
| 14 | ‘ Too true , ’ Becky said , ‘ but surely I get a little credit for St Paul 's and London University ? ’ |
| 15 | But even I know the Highway Code |
| 16 | I 'm a short-fuse artist myself , but even I need a little longer than that . |
| 17 | It is impossible to detail every virtue or fault you should look for when making your choice , but here I list a few pointers which may help . |
| 18 | But here I find the opinions often less easy to take , though the wide scholarship and enthusiasm involved in the books is not in question . |
| 19 | ‘ He got sacked at Newcastle , but sometimes I think the game can be cruel by not giving you enough time to make your mark . ’ |
| 20 | Some might say , ‘ What 's in a name ? ’ but then I doubt an arsehole would smell so sweet . |
| 21 | Perhaps I 've tended to avoid them but then I avoid the English as well , and the Irish … ’ |
| 22 | But then I hear the voice , larger than all illusion |
| 23 | The thing about Kennedy is that every time I hear he has done something outrageous I think ‘ Oh God ! ’ , but then I spend a few hours working with him and leave thinking what a good heart he has and how serious he is as a musician . |
| 24 | well you can get so far , but then I work the brackets out and you do n't always have to work the brackets out |
| 25 | But then I find the excellent floral fruity Safeway German Kabinett '90 ( £2.99 ) , the absurdly good but almost unheard-of Portuguese white by Bairrada Reserve ( £5.49 ) , and the brilliant blackberry-wild Ridge Zinfandel ‘ 89 from California ( £8.49 ) . |
| 26 | But how I hate the letters in those mags — |
| 27 | Short of actually some sort of war breaking out or some an incident breaking out whilst we were on the ground , I suppose they might have actually apprehended us , but otherwise I think the chances of anything happening to the people , or Ted Heath , who were out there were very , very slim . |
| 28 | But actually I mean the stretch all-in-one which has metamorphosed from underwear into the essential t-shirt . |