Example sentences of "but [conj] i [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | But where I go I do n't need them . |
| 2 | But although I said I was reasonably Spartan , this bare Nissen hut and my little windy bivouac pall a bit at times . |
| 3 | I listened for some sound of other prisoners in the building but although I thought I heard the locking and unlocking of other doors the only voices were those of the guards . |
| 4 | I had never asked my guide but if I had I am sure he would have answered , ‘ Machu Picchu — mi madre . ’ |
| 5 | but if I find I want little bits an bobs what I need I just pop over the road . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not all that interested in voting , but if I do I think I 'll vote for Mr Field , but I 'm not sure , ’ said Mr Bingham . |
| 7 | As yet I have not seen a golden eagle on any of my trips to Argyll , but if I do I would appreciate any tips you could give me for photographing them . |
| 8 | but but I mean I 've got prizes of |
| 9 | I 'm going out but before I go I 'll tell you one thing . |
| 10 | ‘ But before I go I 'll have a look at the one I found in the asylum and the one Theodora got from Paul 's church . ’ |
| 11 | But before I go I said to the |
| 12 | ‘ — anyway they never saw me , but before I went I heard her say , in a slinky sort of voice . |
| 13 | This is going to sound pretty stupid , but before I left I put one of the baby 's diapers in my kitbag . |
| 14 | I want to concentrate on my constituency , but before I do I shall make two points . |
| 15 | But when I said I was doing it in Scotland , people just shivered . |
| 16 | When I was at school I hated it , but when I left I wished I were back there . |
| 17 | I went there one Sunday , I thought we 'll have a meal but when I looked I said no chance ! |
| 18 | I 'm short of the ready , but when I win I 'll lay a bigger stake . |
| 19 | over a number of years I was subjected to domestic violence , erm , the last time I left I did n't report it right away , morally it was my son , I did n't want to drag him through the court , but when I did I was told no , your too late , you will just be seen as a woman scorned , your trying to get revenge , and that 's it , no , I 'm not taking a statement . |
| 20 | Soon I found a hut , which seemed to be empty , but when I entered I saw a pretty young woman asleep on the floor . |
| 21 | But when I awoke I was sane . |
| 22 | SUMMERCHILD : Yes , but when I say I 'm happy with something … |
| 23 | This is not supposed to be fiction , but as I write I find myself obliged to make a judgement about Leavitt . |
| 24 | We have n't been trying hard to persuade the Garrimperos to adopt different technologies , more modern technologies that would avoid the contamination of the mercury , but as I said I believe the only way of reaching this goal is if we can organize the Garrimperos to have er a kind of er institutionalized way of exploiting gold , not the sort of gold rush i that is being on and on On and off in Brazil for two centuries right now . |
| 25 | The general manager of LUFC is called Alan Roberts , but as I said I only heard half the story . |
| 26 | Yes but as I 've I 've seen many a bus coming towards Norwood Gardens goes round the little and back out again . |
| 27 | But as I say I cope alright with them and as I say Doctor , I always seem as though I wake up with one , do you |
| 28 | But as I say I do n't do that kind of thing , I , I prefer to go away to the hills , |
| 29 | It was something like ‘ Jonnson ’ but as I say I was only half interested until he started mentioning how much he loved Leeds . |
| 30 | But as I say I do n't necessarily want to get involved in too much of the detail of the statistics of it , I simply want to make the overall point that we 've been told that there are three thousand unemployed . |