Example sentences of "but i [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , but I meant leave them while she has a lot of sleepless nights . |
| 2 | This wo n't be obvious yet , but I hope to persuade you of it . |
| 3 | ‘ But I prefer to see you safely to your flat . |
| 4 | It may be poached in water or stock , but I prefer to cook it in the microwave , then coat it with the black butter . |
| 5 | I wish I could forget two London concerts he gave shortly before he died , but I prefer to remember him through performances as brilliant , powerful and exciting as we have on this set . ( ) |
| 6 | Such a given behaviour ( innate is the conventional term , but I prefer to avoid it if possible , for it carries along with it a load of redundant ideological baggage ) ensures that appropriate responses are made to particular stimuli without the need for trial-and-error learning , but at the expense of limits to both the range and the flexibility of the response . |
| 7 | I could have given my information to any of your officers but I prefer to tell you because I must be guaranteed that the source of the information is kept secret . |
| 8 | I 'd never driven a van in my life but I managed to drive it from the East End to the West End , which I found a feat , and then I finally drove it up to Cumberland in the snow which was even more of a feat . |
| 9 | Anyway it ended up in a fight and he started pushing me around and went to punch me in the stomach but I managed to stop him . |
| 10 | ‘ You and I are also required to put in an appearance at the police station later , but I managed to persuade them you were n't in a fit state to answer questions right now . ’ |
| 11 | Alison was n't keen to take hers , but I managed to persuade her , pointing out that since I had n't been asked for any more money these were almost certainly aspirins . |
| 12 | The doc told me I could go but I would n't come back , but I managed to persuade her . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , he wanted it tonight but I managed to convince him I could n't possibly get that much money together before tomorrow night . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ She 's off today , sir , but I managed to get her at her flat . |
| 15 | But I totally disagree with what she said in that erm yesterday I sat glued to the television most of the day , really to keep myself up to date on what was going on , erm I also have a baby but I managed to keep him occupied as well as take him out for a walk and give him his lunch and what have you . |
| 16 | But I keep telling her you ca n't take it with you . |
| 17 | But I came to feel it would be a step backwards for me to abort the pregnancy , that it would n't be moving my life forward . |
| 18 | Not exactly that , but I says do you know very much about boxing ? |
| 19 | I am sorry that Labour Members do not like to hear what they themselves said , but I intend to repeat it . |
| 20 | Of course , I can not stop someone from writing my life independently , as long as it is not libelous , but I try to put them off by saying I 'm considering writing my autobiography . |
| 21 | He said , I know my English is n't correct , but I try to make it correct . |
| 22 | ‘ Your appeal against the above offer of permanent accommodation made available to you on 12-9-91 has been considered carefully but I regret to inform you that the appeal has not been allowed and you should sign for the tenancy at the local housing office by 2-12-91 . |
| 23 | Now I 'm married I 've grown a little away from them , but I miss having them to talk to . |
| 24 | Several times he 's tried to speak , but I 've shut him up . |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't have to worry about those sheep , Seb , they 're as snug as bugs in a rug out there , but I 've given them some more hay , just in case . |
| 26 | But I 've accepted it as fate that people are building me up to knock me down . |
| 27 | He misses it the first time , but I 've written it exactly like he played it , because it does n't really sound too bad ! |
| 28 | This is Albert 's entry to the solo ; I seem to recall Emmy playing this in E♭ , but I 've written it in the key of D so that you wo n't have to ‘ capo-up ’ at the first fret . |
| 29 | But I 've written it in such an open-ended way |
| 30 | But I 've noticed they , they 're go they 're , a lot of their things have gone up tremendously in there . |