Example sentences of "but [conj] i [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that I think they were |
| 2 | Yeah but if I wash them where are you going to put them ? |
| 3 | Theyspoketo them nicely but if I asked them for anything it was as though they could n't be bothered . |
| 4 | I said I said oh I said I ca n't wait to lose this guts and those two were sitting there while I dressed and I said oh my guts and oh how I hate them , I said but if I lost them I mean |
| 5 | ‘ A battleship is the salt cellar and the pepper a fishtank but if I see them both together they become a kangaroo . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't want to be picky about this but but I mean they are government based . |
| 7 | ‘ They knock on my door and say they want to pull on a black and white shirt , but when I ask them to prove it some ca n't , ’ said Keegan . |
| 8 | The yellow and orange feathers that form the head flash can be quite inconspicuous at times but when I spread them out with my fingers they burned like flame in what was left of the winter light . |
| 9 | but when I asked them for a crayon , |
| 10 | Oh well they treated me alright afterwards because Mr er said , well you see they put me on big presses during the last war and er I 've always loved machinery , always loved machinery and then the foreman said er before the foreman came to him Mr said er , you 've got to learn to set your own tools , he said , I ca n't keep coming out of the tool room and er to change your tools , so of course erm I began setting my own tools , but when I got them in they would come around and check because otherwise hundreds of pounds have gone , could have gone if I had n't just got the top to go in right in the base you know , and er they were great big presses very big . |
| 11 | I brought erm , a pair of , a floral pattern leggings from Marks and Spencers on Saturday , but when I got them home , they did nothing for me . |
| 12 | No , but I mean there are other such reasons I mean there may be initially choosing clothes or something like that , but when I put them on in the morning I usually put them on to suit the weather and what 's clean and what I 've got tights to match . |
| 13 | I 'd heard that American Music Club were something wonderful , but when I saw them at the Grand in Clapham recently , I was n't that impressed . |
| 14 | ‘ But when I saw them I could n't believe how clean they were — and they 'd recovered all the pieces . |
| 15 | But as I said they need have no fear . |
| 16 | I know but as I said they have you by the short and curlies . |
| 17 | Er n back to these snaps that erm John takes but as I said they 're pictures of the rooms before he alters them , before he puts in a new decor , th the upholstery , furnishings and the erm |
| 18 | you know it 's not , not , it 's not like Benidorm or anything like that it 's it 's somewhere like , it 's about seven miles away from the sea , but as I said they |
| 19 | It was difficult to see what she was offering at first but as I took them from her I saw they were credit cards , an Access and a Visa , both made out in the name of Mrs J. A. Scamp . |
| 20 | it was a long time ago but as I recall they were n't too bad , to even , if you 'd have stuck at it , you 'd have got better , it 's the same with every job you get better at |
| 21 | But as I say they might |